| Apiaceae |
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Prangos peucedanifolia FENZL |
Prangos LINDL. |
| P. peucedanifolia Fenzl in Flora 26:463 (1843). Syn: P. pumila Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, 2:77 (1844)! P. kurdica Rech. fil. in Symb. Bot. Upsal. 11 (5): 27 (1952)! Papillate or hairy perennial to 35 cm. Basal leaves 20-35 cm, (3-)4(-5)-pinnate; segments 3-4-paired; lobes (5-) 10-25 x 1.5-2 mm. Bracts and bracteoles usually caducous. Rays of fruiting umbels 12-16. Sepals obsolete. Petals whitish, glabrous. Fruit broadly ellipsoid to globose, 12-20 x 10-15 mm; wings 3-4 mm wide, slightly undulate, margin sometimes crenate. Fl. 5-6. Rocky, often calcareous slopes, 1000-1900 m. Type: [Turkey C7 Diyarbakır] in monte Karadaja Dagh prope Diarbekir Mesopotamiae, Kotschy 197 (iso. E!). S. & E. Anatolia. B7 Elaziğ: Ergani Maden, 6 km S. of Maden, 1000 m, Hub.-Mor. 13658! B7 Malatya: 36 km from Malatya to Adiyaman, 1150 m, 14 vi 1949, Hub.-Mor! Diyarbakir: 5 km N.E. of Ergani, D. 29046! B9 Siirt: nr. Ucum, 22 km S.W. of Müküs, 1900 m, Frödin 1939:116 (type of P. kurdica)! C5 Taurus Mts., Aucher 3589 (type of P.pumila)! C6 Malataya: 10 km from Sürgü to Per-veri, 1380 m, 26 v 1956, Hub.-Mor! C7 Urfa: N. slope of Karacadağ, Siverek to Diyarbakir, 1250 m, D. 28309! C7/8 Diyarbakir/Urfa: Aludja Da., Fenzl! C8 Mardin: Mardin, Sint. 1888:899! N. Iraq. Ir.-Tur. element. No close allies. P. kurdica appears to differ only in having abnormally short leaf lobes (c. 5 mm long) on most of its leaves. One stem leaf, however, has the upper segments with the long lobes typical of P. peuce-danifolia. |