| Parlatoria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Parlatoria Boiss. |
Parlatoria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. [1] It just contains one species, Parlatoria cakiloideaBoiss. [2]
It is an annual, growing up 30–50 cm (12–20 in) tall, with a stem that is glabrous (smooth) or with short simple hairs. It has basal leaves that are ovate-cordate shaped, with acute teeth. The cauline (stem) leaves are petiolate (have a leaf stalk) or subsessile. They are ovate-lanceolate shaped with acute teeth on margin. The leaves when crushed smell of garlic. It blooms between April and May, with long white flowers. The petals are 4-5 mm long and 1.5-2 mm wide with a broad oblong-obovate blade and narrow claw (sectin near the stem or petiole). The fruiting pedicels (flower stalks) are as thick as basal part of fruit and 3-7 mm horizontally spreading. The fruit (or seed capsule) is 10-15 mm long and 2-2.5 mm wide with straight or slightly curved beak (end projection). It contain 1 or 2 seeds, that are 5 mm long. [3]
It had originally consisted of three species, including P. cakiloidea, the type species (Iran, Iraq, Turkey), the Iranian endemic P. rostrata Boiss., and P. taurica (from Azerbaijan, Georgia). [4] Parlatoria taurica was later found to be a synonym of Alliaria taurica (Adams) V.I.Dorof. [5] Also Parlatoria rostrata Boiss. & Hohen. was worked out to be a synonym of Lysakia rostrata (Boiss. & Hohen.) Esmailbegi & Al-Shehbaz [6]
The genus name of Parlatoria is in honour of Filippo Parlatore (1816–1877), an Italian botanist, who originally studied medicine. [7] The Latin specific epithet of cakiloidea refers to a resemblance to the genus Cakile . Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 2, Vol.17 on page 72 in 1842. [2]
It is native to Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. [2]
It is found on rocky slopes at altitudes of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) above sea level. [3]
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