Vicatia


Vicatia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It is also in tribe Selineae.
Its native range stretches from Afghanistan, through Central Asia, parts of the Indian subcontinent, China and up to parts of Siberia, within Altai;, Krasnoyarsk and West Siberia.

Known species

As accepted by Kew:

Taxonomy

The genus name of Vicatia is in honour of Philippe-Rodolphe Vicat, a Swiss doctor and botanist in Warsaw, Poland, and also Lausanne, Switzerland. It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.4 on page 243 in 1830.