Apiaceae
Bunium

Bunium microcarpum (Boiss.) Freyn & Bornm.

First published in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 41: 10 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Medit. to NW. Iran. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.

Morphology General Habit
Erect or ascending herb, (5–)10–35 cm, divaricately branched almost from base
Morphology Stem
Stem and branches terete, finely striate
Morphology Leaves
Upper stem leaves sessile, with fewer narrower segments, finally reducing to sheaths, the latter scarious-margined above Radical leaves long-petiolate with narrow long-attenuate sheaths, triangular in outline, bipinnate or ternate-bipinnate, the ultimate segments to ± 10 × 1 mm, mucronate at tip
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
Involucre absent or of 1 or 2 short linear caducous bracts
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Partial umbels 5–15(–20)-flowered, the pedicels unequal, short, 2–4 mm, the longest scarcely exceeding the fruit in length Umbels several, 4–8-radiate; rays somewhat unequal, 0.8–5.5 cm, outer curving inwards slightly in fruit
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncles 2–5.5 cm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Involucel of 4–6 shortly lanceolate bracteoles, subequalling the shortest pedicels
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers small, 2.5 mm in diameter
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit shortly ovoid to elliptic-oblong, 2.5–4 × 1.5–2 mm, ribs pale and conspicuous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stylopodium
Stylopodium small, convex, disk flattened
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Styles very short, ± 0.5 mm, slender, deflexed, scarcely exceeding to somewhat longer than stylopodia
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Endosperm
Endosperm sulcate; vittae very large; bundles under primary ribs small.
Ecology
On a mountain summit; alt. 2060 m
Phenology
Flowering and fruiting: Jul.
Distribution
Very rare in Iraq; only found once near the Turkish frontier, in the north-west sector of the thorn-cushion zone of Iraq. Turkey (mainly in W & S Anatolia), W Syria, NW Iran.
[FIQ]

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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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 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