Turgenia
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Illustration Turgenia latifolia0.jpg
| image_caption = Turgenia latifolia
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Turgenia
| authority = Hoffm.
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- Turgenia brachyacantha Boiss.
- Turgenia foeniculacea Fenzl
- Turgenia heterocarpa DC.
- Turgenia latifolia Hoffm.
- Turgenia lisaeoides C.C.Towns.
- Turgenia multiflora DC.
- Turgenia tuberculata Boiss.
}}
Turgenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, containing up to seven species. The genus resembles Caucalis.{{cite book |author=V. H. Heywood |title=Flora Europaea: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae |chapter=Turgenia Hoffm. |editor1=V. H. Heywood |editor2=D. H. Valentine |editor3=T. G. Tutin |editor4=N. A. Burges |year=1964 |series=Flora Europaea |volume=1 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521066624 |page=372 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-b0l5BKyWUC&pg=PA372}} False carrot is a common name for plants in this genus.{{PLANTS|id=TURGE|taxon=Turgenia|accessdate=12 December 2015}}
Varieties of Turgenia can be found in areas of Africa, Europe, temperate and tropical regions of Asia, and North America.{{Cite web|title=Taxonomy - GRIN-Global Web v 1.10.5.0|url=http://www.narc.gov.jo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=102152|access-date=2021-03-07|website=www.narc.gov.jo}}{{Cite web|title=Plants Profile for Turgenia latifolia (broadleaf false carrot)|url=https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TULA|access-date=2021-03-07|website=plants.usda.gov}}
The genus name of Turgenia is in honour of Alexander Turgenev (1784–1845), a Russian statesman and historian.{{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}} It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. Umbell. on page 59 in 1814.{{cite web |title=Turgenia Hoffm. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:40652-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=31 December 2021 |language=en}}