Family:
Caprifoliaceae Juss.
Genus:
Valerianella Mill.

Valerianella dactylophylla Boiss. & Hohen.

This species is accepted, and its native range is E. Turkey to Central Asia and W. & N. Iran.

[FIQ]

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

Morphology General Habit
Plants up to 30 cm tall, subglabrous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves ciliate at margins, lower leaves oblong, nearly entire, upper digitate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence dense, cymes capitate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx limb campanulate, 3–4 mm in diameter, unequally divided into 6 hooked subulate lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits ± 5 mm long, pruinose, with a narrow groove in front, dilated at base, with 2 gibbosities.
Ecology
Rocky places in mountains, on serpentine; alt. 800–2400 m
Phenology
May–Jun.
Distribution
Scattered in the upper forest and thorn-cushion zones of N Iraq. Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, W & C Iran, C Asia?

Native to:

Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Tadzhikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan

Valerianella dactylophylla Boiss. & Hohen. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Samuelsson, G. [1302], Lebanon K000283409 Yes
Bornmuller, J. [787], Lebanon K000283410 No
Kotschy, T. [91], Iran K000762941 Yes
Kotschy, T. [s.n.], Iran K000762942 Yes

First published in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 75 (1849)

Accepted by

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1972). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 4: 1-657. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
  • Nowak, A. & Nobis, M. (eds.) (2020). Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas 1: 1-366. PAN, Polish academy of sciences.
  • Ovchinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1988). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 9: 1-568. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Rechinger, K.H. (1969). Flora Iranica 62: 1-23. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1961). Flora Uzbekistana 5: 1-667. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.

Literature

Flora of Iraq

  • Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1, 10: 75 (1849);
  • Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 97 (1875);
  • Hadač in Bull. Coll. Sci. 6: 37 (1961);
  • Krok in Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 5(1): 49 (1864);
  • Lincz. in Fl. SSSR 23: 651 (1958);
  • Nabělek in Bull. Fac. Sci. Univ. Masaryk 35: 137 (1928);
  • Rech.f., Fl. Iranica 62: 5 (1969).
  • Rech.f., Fl. Lowland Iraq: 573 (1964);
  • Zohary in Dep.Agr. Iraq Bull. 31: 140 (1950);
  • Zohary, Fl. Palest. ed. 2, 1: 606 (1932);

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1972). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 4: 1-657. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
  • Ovchinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1988). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 9: 1-568. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1961). Flora Uzbekistana 5: 1-667. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.

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