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Thlaspi kotschyanum BOISS. ET HOHEN. |
Thlaspi L. |
| T. kotschyanum Boiss. & Hohen. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(8): 39 (1849). Annual, 10-20 cm, single or several-stemmed, simple or branched. Basal leaves not rosette-forming, withering early. Cauline leaves ovate, entire, ampiexicaul, auriculate. Petals 2 x 1 mm. Fruiting pedicels ascending, 4-10 mm. Inflorescence elongating in fruit. Siliculae orbicular, 10-12 x 10-15 mm; apical sinus narrow, stigma sessile, included within sinus; septum 5-8 x l.5-2.5 mm. Seeds smooth, 6 in each loculus, golden brown. Fl. 4-5. Alpine slopes, c. 2000 m. Type: [Iran] in monte Elburs prope Passgala, Kotschy 102 (holo. G! iso. K!). Anti-Taurus. B6 Seyhan: d. Saimbeyli, Bozoğlan Da., 2000-2100 m, D. 19713! Iran (also recorded in Fl. URSS from Tian Shan and Pamir Alai). Although the Turkish record represents a long extension of the known range of this species, T. kotschyanum may be found further east in Turkey. The closely allied Syrian and Lebanese T. brevicaule Boiss. & Ky. may not be specifically distinct but appears, from the scant material available, to have constantly acute auricles to the leaf bases in contrast to the rounded auricles of T. kotschyanum. |