Zerdana
This article is about the plant species. For the Syrian town, see Zardana.
| Zerdana | |
|---|---|
| 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 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.
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