| Brassicaceae |
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Isatis aucheri BOISS. |
Isatis aucheri BOISS. |
Isatis aucheri BOISS. |
 Isatis aucheri BOISS |
 Isatis aucheri BOISS |
 Isatis aucheri BOISS |
Isatis L. |
| I. aucheri Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., 17: 202 (1842). Syn: l. aucheri var. velleri-fera Boiss. & Noë in Boiss.. Diagn.. ser. 2(1): 46 (1853)! l. hispida Post.. Fl. Syria. 97 (1896); l. eriocarpa Blakelock in Kew Bull.. 1939: 186 (1939)! Figure 16. p. 293.
Perennial. Stems 20-40 cm, densely hirsute-villose. Leaves thinnish, villose; basal leaves oblong, entire or obscurely repand-dentate; median stem leaves narrowly oblong, subentire. auricles ovate-oblong. Flowers 4-5 mm, sepals pilose. Fruits densely tomentose-villous (hairs hiding the loculus), 10-25x4-7 mm, usually tapering below, with a thick narrow wing on either side of loculus (some-times obsolescent), constricted above the loculus and widening out into an obo-vate or broadly spathulate, emarginate, terminal wing. Ft. 4-5. Rocky slopes (generally limestone), 960-2000 m. Type: [Turkey Co Adiyaman] Besnie (Besni), Aucher 213 (holo. G! iso. W!). Anti-Taurus and adjacent ranges. S. Armenia, Bakker Maaden, Noë (type of l. aucheri var. vellerifera)! 35 Kayseri: Mt. Argèe (Ercias Da.) Bal. 452! B6 Maraş: Binboğa Da., Işik Da., D. 20090 (fr. 25 x4 mm)! Ahir Da., 960 m, Balls 912 (type of l. eriocarpa)! Seyhan: Hadjin [Saimbeyli] to Karakilisse, Post 1906: 253! Malatya: d. Besni, 1 km S of Perveri, 1260 m, Hub.-Mor, 13779. B7 Malatya: Erhenek, 1500 m, Balls 2314! C7 Adiyaman: Nemrutdağ nr. Kahta, 2000 m, Hand.-Mazz, 437! Endemic; Ir.-Tur. element. Very variable in the length of its fruits and in the development of the wing. Short-fruited variants approach I. undulata, which differs, however, in its broad, membranous wing. |