Amaranthaceae

Noaea Moq.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 207 (1849)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. & E. Medit. to Pakistan.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Annual herbs or subshrubs, glabrous, papillate or with crimped hairs in leaf axils
Morphology Stem
Stems much-branched from the base, often intricately so, tips often spiny
Morphology Leaves
Leaves not succulent, alternate, linear or filiform, sessile, margin ± scarious at base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers hermaphrodite, arising singly or in clusters in axils of leaves; bracts 2, similar to leaves
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Tepal
Tepals 5, membranous, developing in fruit into spreading wings
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 5; anthers ± sagittate, with terminal appendage
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary erect, with 2 conspicuous styles
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seed vertical, compressed; perisperm absent; embryo vertical, spiral.
Distribution
A genus of about five species distributed across SW & C Asia; the limits of species are poorly defined and the subshrubby species might be seen as elements of a polymorphic complex that needs further investigations.
Etymology
Noaea (following Fl. SSSR vol. 6) commemorates Frank, Vicomte de Noë, born Friedrich Wilhelm Noë (1798–1858), German botanist and pharmacist at Fiume (now Rijeka) who became the director of a Botanic Garden in Istanbul (Nehmé 2000). He was a major contributor of specimens from Turkey and Iraq to Boissier’s herbarium in Geneva.)
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Sources

  • 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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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