Polygonaceae


Atraphaxis billardieri
var. tournefortii

Atraphaxis L.
Atraphaxis billardieri JAUB. ET SPACH var. tournefortii (JAUB. ET SPACH) CULLEN
Ömür: Çok yıllık
Yapı: çalı
Hayat formu:
İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 7
Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 7
Habitat: kayalık yamaçlar
Minimum yükseklik: 1000
Maksimum yükseklik: 1500
Endemik: -
Element: İran-Turan
Türkiye dağılımı: D. Anadolu
Genel dağılımı: Kafkasya, B. İran
Bulunduğu kareler:A4 A9 B2 B4 B5 B7 B9 C2 C3 C4 C6 C7
 
A. billardieri Jaub. & Spach, 111. Or. 2: 14, t. Ill (1844-6).
  Low, often tortuous shrub, up to 60 cm. Old bark greyish brown to black. Young bark white, papillose-pubescent. Leaves bright green, elliptic-oblong to ovate, reticulately-nerved. Ochreae bicuspidate. Pedicels jointed in the lower half. Perianth 5-merous. Stamens 8. Styles 3. Fruiting perianth pink or pinkish-white, the 2 outer sepals much shorter than the inner sepals, and reflexed. Fruit triquetrous. Two intergrading varieties may be distinguished.
1. Leaves 15-20 x 4-8 mm, strongly cuspidate var. tournefortii
1. Leaves smaller, acute but not strongly cuspidate var. billardieri
var. tournefortii (Jaub. & Spach) Cullen in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 27: 215 (1967). Syn: A. tournefortii Jaub. & Spach, 111. Or. 2: 14, t. 112 (1844-6). Fl. 7. Rocky slopes, 1500-1000 m.
  Type: in Armenia, Tournefort.
A9 Erzurum: Horasan to Karaurgan, 2000 m, D. 30731! A9 Çoruh: nr. Ardanuç (Grossheim 3: map 83). B7 Tunceli: Munzur Da., 1600 m, D. 31448! B9 Bitlis: 7 km below Bitlis, 1500 m, Frödin 247.
  Caucasus, W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. Element. Distinction between this and var. billardieri is sometimes difficult. The taxa are too similar to be treated as separate species, as was done by Jaubert & Spach, and Boissier.