- Family:
- Apiaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Aegopodium L.
Aegopodium tribracteolatum Schmalh.
[FIQ]
Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.
- Type
- Type: Iraq, (or in Iran), Avroman [Hawraman], Haussknecht s.n. (K!, syn.);
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect perennial, (30–)60–85(–100) cm, quite glabrous throughout, with an incrassate fusiform root
- Morphology Stem
- Stem leaves similar but sessile, smaller, with fewer pairs of pinnae Stem fistular, deeply sulcate, at least below, branches rather few, long and ascending
- Morphology Leaves
- All leaves ± scabrid or smooth on principal veins beneath Basal leaves long-petiolate, lamina triangular in outline, 20–25 × 15 cm, 2–3-pinnate with 6–8 pairs of pinnae, lowest pinnae 3- or 4-pinnulate, segments of pinnae and pinnules often not completely free near the tips of divisions, sharply toothed all round, teeth mucronate or aristate at tips
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
- Peduncles long, 5.5–16 cm
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Umbels few, large, 15–20-rayed, rays (0.5–)2–4 cm Partial umbels 15–20-flowered, the pedicels unequal, 2–7 mm, flowers 2 mm in diameter; petals falling very early
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
- Involucre of 4–8 extremely slender setaceous bracts
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts of the involucel similar in form to those of the involucre and like them much shorter than subtended rays
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit oblong-ovoid, commissural face narrow, ribs pale and obvious but very slender
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stylopodium
- Stylopodia mammillate, most prominent in young fruit
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Styles slender, at first divergent finally reflexed, 1–1.5 mm.
- Ecology
- In mountains in damp places, near springs on muddy soil, by streams; alt. 1650–2200 m
- Phenology
- Flowering and fruiting: Jun.
- Distribution
- Rare in Iraq, found in the upper forest zone, perhaps penetrating up into the lower thorncushion zone. Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Caucasus, Iran.
- Note
- Very distinct from all the other Iraqi species, apart from being completely glabrous, in the long fruit and Anthriscus-like foliage.
Native to:
Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Transcaucasus, Turkey
Aegopodium tribracteolatum Schmalh. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10: 289 (1892)
Not accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Aegopodium podagraria.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) in Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
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Flora of Iraq
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0