Asphodeline tenuior

Thin asphodeline
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Asphodeline
Species: A. tenuior
Binomial name
Asphodeline tenuior
(Fisch. ex M.Bieb.) Ledeb.
Synonyms[2]
  • Asphodelus tenuior Fisch. ex M.Bieb.
  • Asphodelus tauricus G.Lodd. 1826 not Pall. ex Bieb. 1776
  • Heroion filiformis Raf.
  • Asphodelus tenuiflorus K.Koch
  • Asphodeline tenuiflora (K.Koch) Miscz.
  • Asphodelus szovitsii K.Koch
  • Asphodelus persicus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Boiss. 1882 not Jaub. & Spach 1844
  • Asphodeline szovitsii (K.Koch) Miscz.

Asphodeline tenuior, the thin asphodeline, is a species of plant in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae. It is native to the Caucasus (southern Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan), as well as from eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran.[2] Within Russia, it is known from eastern Krasnodar Krai, Karachay-Cherkessia, Stavropol Krai and western Kabardino-Balkaria. It can be found on stony slopes and scree on limestone and sandstone, from elevations of 500–1,000 m. It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation, due to lime pits, slope terracing and cattle pasturing.[1]

Subspecies and varieties[2]
  1. Asphodeline tenuior var. puberulenta Tuzlaci - eastern Turkey
  2. Asphodeline tenuior subsp. tenuiflora (K.Koch) Tuzlaci - Turkey, Iran, south Caucasus
  3. Asphodeline tenuior subsp. tenuior - north and south Caucasus

References

  1. 1 2 Mikheev, A. (2014). "Asphodeline tenuior". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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