Nathaliella

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Nathaliella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Nathaliella
B.Fedtsch.
Species:
N. alaica
Binomial name
Nathaliella alaica
B.Fedtsch.
Synonyms

Oreosolen alaicus (B.Fedtsch.) Pavlov

Nathaliella is a

monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae. The only species is Nathaliella alaica.[1]
It is also within Tribe Scrophularieae.

It is native to Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang (in China).[1] It is found on sunny, stone filled slopes, at elevations of 1,500–1,600 metres (4,900–5,200 ft) above sea level.[2]

Description

It has thick roots. The caudex (plant stem) is covered in the remains of old leaves and white bristly hairs. It has a petiole (leaf stalk) that is about as twice as long as the leaf blade. The leaf blade is broadly ovate,[2] lanceolate or ovoid in shape.[3] They are about 1-1.5 cm wide and 0.5-1 cm long, with an entire (or smooth) margin.

corolla is about 1.5 cm long, and purple-red,[2] or pink-violet.[3] The limb is indistinctly 2 lipped.[3]
The tube is narrowly cylindrical.
anthers are divergent.[3] In August, (in China) it produces a fruit or seed capsule,[2] which is ovoid,[2][3] and glabrous. It is about 5-10 mm long and 3-4 mm wide.[2] Inside are numerous seeds.[3]

Taxonomy

The genus name of Nathaliella is in honour of

Alai Mountains between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.[5]

Both species and genus were first described and published in Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. Vol.17 on page 327 in 1932.[1][6]

Culture

In 2011, a postage stamp series was issued in Uzbekistan with a set of illustrations of flowers, including Nathaliella alaica B. Fedtsch.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Nathaliella B.Fedtsch. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Nathaliella alaica in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Joachim W. Kadereit (Editor) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. VII Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Lamiales (except Acanthaceae including Avivenniaceae), 2004, p. 362, at Google Books
  4. S2CID 187926901
    . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. doi:10.1007/s12224-021-09392-w
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  6. ^ "Nathaliella alaica B.Fedtsch. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Stamp: Nathaliella alaica B. Fedtsch (Uzbekistan) (Flowers) Mi:UZ 926,Sg:UZ 759,WAD:UZ006.11". Colnect. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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