Biology:Petroravenia eseptata

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Petroravenia eseptata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Petroravenia
Species:
P. eseptata
Binomial name
Petroravenia eseptata
Al-Shehbaz

Petroravenia eseptata is a plant species native to Argentina . It is also type species for its genus, Petroravenia, first described in 1994.[1][2]

Petroravenia eseptata is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground rhizomes. All the above-ground vegetative parts are covered with finely branched hairs. Leaves are sessile (without petiolr), ovate to elliptical, up to 4 mm (0.16 inches) long. Petals 4, white, narrow. Fruits are egg-shaped, up to 5 mm (0.1 inches) long, lacking septum, with 8-18 seeds per fruit.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan Ali. 1994. Petroravenia (Brassicaceae), a new genus from Argentina. Novon 4(3):191-196..
  2. Photo of holotype of Petroravenia eseptata at Missouri Botanical Garden
  3. Zuloaga, F. O. 1997. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la Argentina. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 74(1–2): 1–1331.

Wikidata ☰ Q15547390 entry