Biology:Aubrieta libanotica
| Aubrieta libanotica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Aubrieta |
| Species: | A. libanotica
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| Binomial name | |
| Aubrieta libanotica Boiss. & Hohen., 1849
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Aubrieta libanotica, common name Lebanese rock cress, is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae. The genus is named after Claude Aubriet, a France flower painter. [1][2][3] A. Libanotica is native to the mountainous ranges of Lebanon and some parts of Syria.[1][4][5][6][7]
Description
It is a low, spreading plant, hardy, evergreen and perennial, with small violet, flowers, and inhabits rocks and banks. It prefers light, well-drained soil, is tolerant of a wide pH range, and can grow in partial shade or full sun.[8][9]
Etymology
The genus is named after Claude Aubriet, a France flower painter. The specific epithet refers the Lebanon mountain range where the species was first described by the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.[1]
Distribution and habitat
A. Libanotica is endemic to elevated mountains of Lebanon.[10]
Diseases and pests
A. Libanotica is susceptible to Ceutorhynchus minutus a true weevil in the tribe Ceutorhynchini.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Boiss., 1849. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 32.
- ↑ The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London, 1996, ISBN:0751304360 p.155
- ↑ Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
- ↑ "Aubrieta libanotica Boiss. & Hohen." (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/3054138.
- ↑ "Aubrieta libanotica Boiss. & Hohen. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:278797-1.
- ↑ "Aubrieta libanotica Boiss. & Hohen.". https://science.mnhn.fr/taxon/species/aubrieta/libanotica?lang=en_UShttps://science.mnhn.fr/taxon/species/aubrieta/libanotica?lang=en_US.
- ↑ Schmid, Rudolf; Govaerts, Rafaël; Govaerts, Rafael (August 1996). "World Checklist of Seed Plants". Taxon 45 (3): 579. doi:10.2307/1224173. ISSN 0040-0262.
- ↑ The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London, 1996, ISBN:0751304360 p.155
- ↑ "Aubrieta libanotica Boiss. & Hohen. — The Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2666169.
- ↑ "Aubrieta libanotica Boiss. & Hohen." (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/3054138.
- ↑ "Aubrieta libanotica". September 2017. https://bladmineerders.nl/host-plants/plantae/spermatopsida/angiosperma/eudicots/superrosids/rosids/malvids/brassicales/brassicaceae/arabideae/aubrieta/aubrieta-libanotica/.
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