Fibigia clypeata

Fibigia clypeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Fibigia
Species:	F. clypeata
Binomial name
Fibigia clypeata (L.) Medik.
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy Adyseton petalodesG.Don Alyssum cheiranthifoliumWilld. Alyssum clypeatum L. Draba clypeata(L.) Lam. Farsetia cheiranthifolia(Willd.) Desv. Farsetia clypeata(L.) R.Br. Farsetia eriocarpaBoiss. Farsetia obovataBoiss. & Kotschy Farsetia rostrataSchenk Fibigia eriocarpaBoiss. Fibigia obovataBoiss. Fibigia rostrata(Schenk) Boiss. Lunaria canescensWilld. Lunaria clypeata(L.) All.

Fibigia clypeata is an Asian species of flowering plant of the genus Fibigia in the family Brassicaceae. It is distributed throughout Greece, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey, where it flowers between February and April. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

This plant is found in abundance and is native to the Shouf Biosphere Reserve in Lebanon. ^[5] Its common Arabic name is بتلة كالمرساة. Its common English name is False-gypsophila ankyropetalum. Its common French name is Ankyropetale fausse- gypsophylle. ^[6]

It is a drought-tolerant perennial suitable for xeriscaping. ^[7]

Its current name is Fibigia clypeata subsp. eriocarpa (DC., Greuter, 2012). Its homotypic synonyms are Farsetia eriocarpa (DC., 1821) and Fibigia Eriocarpa (DC., Boiss., 1867). ^[8]

Fibigia Eriocarpa

References

1. The Plant List, Fibigia clypeata (L.) Medik.
2. Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1867. Flora Orientalis 1: 258 as Fibigia obovata.
3. Schenk, Joseph August 1840. Plantarum species...Aegyptum, Arabiam et Syriam...G.H. Schubert 42
4. "Fibigia Eriocarpa". Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
5. "Plants of the Shouf Biosphere". Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
6. "Fibigia Eriocarpa". Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
7. "Fibigia Eriocarpa".
8. "NCBI".