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 = DC.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision =

• Astydamia canariensis
• Astydamia latifolia

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Astydamia is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with 2 species. It is endemic to Northwest Africa.

It is found on the Canary Islands, Mauritania, Morocco, the Savage Islands and in the Western Sahara.{{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}}

The genus name of Astydamia is in honour of Astydamia (from Greek mythology), the wife of Acastus, son of Pelias.{{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}}{{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}}

It was first described and published in Coll. Mém. Vol.5 on page 53 in 1829.

Plants of the World Online only accepts Astydamia latifolia {{small|(L.f.) Baill.}}