Caryophyllaceae
Gypsophila

Gypsophila lurorum Rech.f.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 75: 354 (1951)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. Iran. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2016) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 1: Elatinaceae to Sphenocleaceae.

Morphology General Habit
Perennials
Morphology Stem
Stems 60–80 cm, erect, branched trichotomously nearly   throughout, lower branches short, upper ones nearly as long as the main axis, glandular hairy, viscid throughout, yellowish green
Morphology Leaves
Leaves spatulate, semipetiolate, acute, slightly connate at the base; lower ones glabrous, upper ones glandular hairy on lower surface, obscurely 3–5-nerved
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence with many flowers, lax dichasial-Bracts lanceolate, scarious- bordered, glandular hairy on the lower surface
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
Pedicels to 2.5 cm long, capillary, glandular- hairy
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx campanulate 3 mm; teeth ovate, mucronulate, green bands as broad as the scarious intervals, equal to tube or shorter
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals twice or three times as long as the calyx, linear to spatulate, emarginate to shallowly bilobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary ovoid
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Styles divergent; ovules 8.
Ecology
In Quercus forest; alt. 730–1500 m;
Phenology
Flowering: May–Jun.
Distribution
Iraq, W Iran.
[FIQ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0