Karvandarina

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Karvandarina
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Karvandarina

Binomial name
Karvandarina aphylla
Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand.

Karvandarina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [2] [3]

Species

There is only one known species, Karvandarina aphylla, native to Pakistan and Iran. [1]

It is an erect, 60-70 cm tall, woody herb. Stem much branched, basally whitish villous, green-glabrous above. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 10-20 cm long, 4-7 mm wide, fragile, glabrous, pale to green, sinuate-serrate, tooth prolonged into 1-3 mm long spinules. Capitula solitary, terminal. Flowers pink. Distribution: Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
  2. Rechinger, Karl Heinz. 1950. Anzeiger der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschatliche Klasse 87: 198
  3. Tropicos, Karvandarina Rech.f.