Parlatoria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1] It just contains one species, Parlatoria cakiloidea Boiss.[2]
| Parlatoria cakiloidea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Parlatoria Boiss. |
| Species: | P. cakiloidea
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| Binomial name | |
| Parlatoria cakiloidea | |
Description
editIt 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 (section 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]
Taxonomy
editThe genus Parlatoria 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]
Range and habitat
editIt 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]
References
edit- ^ "Parlatoria Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Parlatoria cakiloidea Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b Peter Davis Flora of Turkey, Volume 1 (2019), p. 481, at Google Books
- ^ Esmailbegi, Shokouh; Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.; Pouch, Milan; Mandáková, Terezie; Mummenhoff, Klaus; Rahiminejad, Mohammad Reza; Mirtadzadini, Mansour; Lysak, Martin A. (April 2018). "Phylogeny and systematics of the tribe Thlaspideae (Brassicaceae) and the recognition of two new genera". Taxon. 67 (2): 324–340. doi:10.12705/672.4.
- ^ "Parlatoria taurica (Adams) D.A.German & Al-Shehbaz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Parlatoria rostrata Boiss. & Hohen. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Other sources
edit- Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2012. A generic and tribal synopsis of Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). Taxon 61(5): 931–954. DOI: 10.1002/tax.615002 JSTOR Reference page. lecotypification of Parlatoria taurica
- Blakelock, R. A. 1955. Notes on the Flora of 'Iraq with Keys: Part II. Kew Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 4 (), pp. 497-565
- Esmailbegi, S., Al-Shehbaz, I.A., Pouch, M., Mandáková, T., Mummenhoff, K., Rahiminejad, M.R., Mirtadzadini, S.M. & Lysak, M.A. 2018. Phylogeny and systematics of the tribe Thlaspideae (Brassicaceae) and the recognition of two new genera. Taxon 67(2): 324–340. DOI: 10.12705/672.4 PDF Reference page.