Todaroa

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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|image = Todaroa aurea (Fuencaliente) 01 ies.jpg

|image_caption = Todaroa aurea

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|genus = Todaroa

|parent_authority = Parl.

|species = aurea

|authority = (Aiton) Parl.

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|Ferula aurea |(Aiton) Link

|Peucedanum aureum |Aiton }}

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Todaroa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It just contains one known species, Todaroa aurea.{{cite web |title=Todaroa Parl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:40609-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 December 2021 |language=en}}

It is also in the subfamily Apioideae and it is part of tribe Scandiceae and subtribe Scandicinae.

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It is native to the Canary Islands.

The genus name of Todaroa is in honour of Agostino Todaro (1818–1892), an Italian botanist.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of aurea means golden.{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }} Both the genus and the species were first described and published in P.B.Webb & S.Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries Series 3 (Vol.2; Issue 2) on page 155 in 1843.

There are 2 accepted subspecies:

• Todaroa aurea subsp. aurea
• Todaroa aurea subsp. suaveolens {{small|P.Pérez}}