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Erodium sosnowskianum
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Geraniales
Family:	Geraniaceae
Genus:	Erodium
Species:	E. sosnowskianum
Binomial name
Erodium sosnowskianum Fed.

Erodium sosnowskianum, or Sosonovskiy's heron's-bill, is a herbaceous plant, a species of the genus Erodium of the family Geraniaceae.

Distribution

It is narrowly endemic, known in only two habitats in the mountains of Armenia.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Andrei Fedorov in the 10th volume of Notes on the Geography and Systematics of the Tbilisi Botanical Institute, published in 1941. It was named after botanist-systematics, researcher of flora of the Caucasus D. I. Sosnovsky.

References

1. "Erodium sosnowskianum". erodium.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
2. "List of Critically Endangered species in Armenia". Mongabay. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
3. "Erodium sosnowskianum Fed". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

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