Biology:Fibigia clypeata

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Short description: Species of plant

Fibigia clypeata
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Fibigia
Species:
F. clypeata
Binomial name
Fibigia clypeata
(L.) Medik.
Synonyms[1]

Fibigia clypeata is an Asian species of flowering plant of the genus Fibigia in the family Brassicaceae. It is distributed throughout Greece, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey, where it flowers between February and April.[2][3][4]

This plant is found in abundance and is native to the Shouf Biosphere Reserve in Lebanon.[5] Its common Arabic name is بتلة كالمرساة. Its common English name is False-gypsophila ankyropetalum. Its common French name is Ankyropetale fausse- gypsophylle.[6]

It is a drought-tolerant perennial suitable for xeriscaping.[7]

Its current name is Fibigia clypeata subsp. eriocarpa (DC. ,Greuter, 2012). Its homotypic synonyms are Farsetia eriocarpa (DC., 1821) and Fibigia Eriocarpa (DC., Boiss., 1867).[8]

Fibigia Eriocarpa

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5446398 entry