Editing Astydamia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{About|the plant genus|the characters in Greek mythology|Astydameia}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Astydamia latifolia (El Faro) 01 ies.jpg
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Astydamia
|authority = [[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 
*''[[Astydamia canariensis]]''
*''[[Astydamia latifolia]]''
}}

'''''Astydamia''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Apiaceae]], with 2 species. It is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Northwest Africa]].

It is found on the Canary Islands, Mauritania, Morocco, the [[Savage Islands]] and in the Western Sahara.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Astydamia'' DC. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39708-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=4 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

The genus name of ''Astydamia'' is in honour of ''Astydamia'' (from Greek mythology), the wife of Acastus, son of Pelias.<ref>{{cite web |title=Astydamia in Greek Mythology |url=https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/astydamia.html |website=Greek Legends and Myths |access-date=4 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>
It was first described and published in Coll. Mém. Vol.5 on page 53 in 1829.<ref name="POWO"/>

[[Plants of the World Online]] only accepts ''Astydamia latifolia'' {{small|(L.f.) Baill.}}<ref name="POWO"/>


== References ==
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[[Category:Apioideae]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1829]]
[[Category:Flora of Morocco]]
[[Category:Flora of Western Sahara]]
[[Category:Flora of the Canary Islands]]
[[Category:Flora of Mauritania]]
[[Category:Flora of the Savage Islands]]
[[Category:Apioideae genera]]


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