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Lepidium khalkhalicum (Brassicaceae), a new wild relative of the garden cress ( L. sativum ) from northwestern Iran
Author(s) -
Bidarlord Mahmoud,
Jamzad Ziba,
German Dmitry A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/njb.03036
Subject(s) - lepidium sativum , biology , brassicaceae , botany , habitat , indumentum , ruderal species , trichome , ecology , genus , germination
Lepidium khalkhalicum , a new species from northwestern Iran, is described. It appears to be a local endemic restricted to open slopes of marl hills in the Khalkhal region (Ardabil province). The novel species is easily distinguished from similar species by a set of both vegetative and generative characters such as less developed indumentum, undivided leaves, much longer style, more divaricate, non‐thickened pedicels exceeding silicles, poorly developed fruit wing, etc. A detailed description accompanied by color photographs, distribution and habitat data, and a proposed conservation status of the new species are provided. The particular interest of the discovery in view of its close relationship to the garden cress, L. sativum , is stressed.