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Gundelia purpurascens (Bornm.) Fırat (2018:14)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Gundelia tournefortii f. purpurascens Bornm. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 60B: 197 (1939)

 

Considered Invalid (synonym of G. rosea) by (Ghazanfar et al., 2019; POWO, 2024), but treated as valid by (Fırat, 2018, 2022) who reported the rediscovery of the species and thus examined fresh material.

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered by science or Invalid (synonym of G. rosea) (Ghazanfar et al., 2019; POWO, 2024)

Last record: 16 May 1893 (Fırat, 2018:14, 2022:3)

Rediscovered by science (i.e. ethnoknown; Fırat, 2018:15, 2022:3) on 3 May 2017 (Fırat, 2018:17, 2022:3)

 

Distribution

Iraq & Turkey

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Bornmmüller, J. (1939). Fortsetzung III. CompositaeTubiflorae. Iter Persicoturcicum 1892–1893. Beitrage zur Flora von Persien, Babylonien, Assyrien, Arabien. Botanische Centralblatt, Beiheft 60 Abt. B, 181-228.

 

Other references:

Fırat, M. (2018). A new status of Gundelia tournefortii L. forma purpurascens Bornm. (Asteraceae) and a new record for the flora of Turkey. OT Sistematik Botanik Dergisi 25(1): 11-24.

Fırat, M. (2022). Rediscovery of Gundelia purpurascens (Bornm.) Fırat (Asteraceae) rare to Kuh-Sefin Mountain, Erbil (North Iraq). Acta Biologica Turcica 35(4): D12: 1-7.

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. and Hind, D. J. N. (eds.). (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Baghdad: Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform.

POWO. (2024). Gundelia rosea M.Hossain & Al-Taey. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 23 January 2024] 

 

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