Brassicaceae

Aethionema cordatum

Aethionema R. BR. Aethionema cordatum (DESF.) BOISS. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: otsu (taban odunsu) Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 5 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Habitat: kayalık yamaç, kaya oyukları Minimum yükseklik: 1300 Maksimum yükseklik: 2400 Endemik: - Element: İran-Turan Türkiye dağılımı: Karasal Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Transkafkasya, Yunanistan Bulunduğu kareler: A2 A6 A8 A9 B2 B4 B6 B7 C3 C4

Ae. cordatum (Desf.) Boiss., F1. Or. 1: 350 (1867). Syn: Thlaspi cordatum Desf., Coroll., t. 52 (1808); Ae. cardiophyllum Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(8): 43 (1849); Ae. moricandianum (Boiss.) Boiss., Fl. Or. 1:351 (1867)! Ae. koenigii Woron. in Not. Syst. Herb, Hort. Petrop. 5: 63 (1924) photo.! Ic.: Fl. URSS, t. 30, 1 (1939) as Ae. cardiophyllum.   Perennial, woody at base, 10-25 cm high, flowering stems simple or branched, glabrous, glaucous. Leaves deltoid-cordate or ovate-cordate, amplexicaul, acute at apex. Petals pink, white or creamy yellow, 5-9 x 2-4 mm. Filaments slender, loosely connate or free, not toothed; anthers apiculate. Inflorescence elongating in fruit. Ovary 2-locular, each loculus 1-2-ovuled. Fruiting pedicels erect, ascend-ing, 4-7 mm. Siliculae ovate, c. 7x6 mm; septum 6x2 mm; wings irregularly and variably toothed, 1-2 mm, sinus 1-2 mm; style 2-4 mm. Seeds 1-2, slightly mucilaginous. Fl. 5-6. Rocky slopes and rock crevices, 1300-2400 m.   Type: not designated.   Mainly in Inner Anatolia. A2 Bursa: Ulu Da., Pichler. A6 Sivas: Yildiz Da., 2300 m, Bornm. 1890: 1893. A8 Gümüşane: Kop Da., 2400 m. Fıırse & Synge 866! A9 Erzurum: Küp Da., Aşkale to Bayburt. 2000 m. Hııb.-Mor. 10994! A9 Kars: Kağizman (Grossheim 4: map 159). B2 Kütahya: Murat Da., above Gediz, 1900 m, D. 36767! D. 36801! B4 Ankara: Beynam. 50 km SE of Ankara. 1200 m, Markgraf! B6 Sivas: Kangal. 2000 m. Stainton 8476! B7 Tunceli: Pülümür, 2000 m, It. Leyd. 1959: 1621! C3 Burdur: Burdur, Heldr.! Antalya: nr. Korku-teli, 1350 m. Dudley, D. 35279! C4 Konya: Taşkent. 1800 m, Hııb.-Mor. 8159!   Transcaucasia, Greece. Ir.-Tur. element. Ae. cordatum is one of the most scat-tered species in Turkey. It is most variable in habit, flower colour, petal size, leaf size and fruit shape. The most notable variant is the very small leaved (c. 3 mm long) plant with short branches that was described by Boissier (Fl. Or. Suppl. 61, 1888) from Ulu Da. as var. pichleri. The gathering cited from Murat Da. belongs to this variety.