Zerdana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Zerdana Boiss. |
Species: | Z. anchonioides |
Binomial name | |
Zerdana anchonioides Boiss. |
Zerdana Boiss. is an Iranian endemic and monotypic genus in family Brassicaceae with the single species of Zerdana anchonioides Boiss. A caespitose perennial species growing in mountainous areas on stony and rocky slopes at an altitude of 3000 - 4000m in Irano-Turanian region.
The generic name has been taken from Zard Kuh (Yellow Mountain) in Zagros range, West Iran.