Myopordon pulchellum

Myopordon pulchellum (Arabic: مِيوبُرْدون ظَريف‎)[2] is a species of flowering plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.[3][4]

Myopordon pulchellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Cynareae[1]
Genus:
Myopordon
Species:
M. pulchellum
Binomial name
Myopordon pulchellum
(Winkler et Barbey ) Wagenitz
Synonyms

Autrania pulchella

Description

The plant is sub-acaulescent with a single flowering head, it measures 3 to 5 centimetres (1.2 to 2.0 in). The briefly petiolated leaves are arranged in a rosette around a thick rhizome; the leaves form a sheath around the base. The leaves are appressed, pinnatifid or lyrate and the contour is ovate to lanceolate; both leave faces are canescent with ciliated and spiny margins. The pant's receptacle has silky trichomes. Involucral bracts are canescent and covered with cobweb-like hairs, each bract ends with a single spine. The fruit is a smooth rotund achene with lateral hilum measuring 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long and 1 millimetre (0.039 in) wide surmounted by a white pappus.[3]

Distribution

The plant is endemic to Lebanon.[5][6]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-20 at Archive.today
  2. Nehmé, Moustapha (2000-01-01). معجم الاشتقاقي لنباتات لبنان: noms scientifiques et leur étymologie : noms français, anglais et arabes : noms arabes translittérés (in French). Librairie du Liban éditeurs.
  3. "Lebanon FLORA". www.lebanon-flora.org. Université Saint Joseph, Beyrouth. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  4. "Myopordon pulchellum (C.Winkl. & Barbey) Wagenitz — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  5. Mouterde, Paul (1966). Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie (in French). Editions de l'Impr. catholique. ISBN 9782721458063.
  6. "Myopordon pulchellum | Euro+Med-Plantbase". portal.cybertaxonomy.org. European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
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