| Myopordon pulchellum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Myopordon |
| Species: | M. pulchellum |
| Binomial name | |
| Myopordon pulchellum (C.Winkl. & Barbey) Wagenitz | |
| Synonyms | |
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Autrania pulchella | |
Myopordon pulchellum (Arabic: مِيوبُرْدون ظَريف) is a species of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.
Description
The plant is sub-acaulescent with a single flowering head, it measures 3 to 5 centimetres (1.2 to 2.0 in). The briefly petiolated leaves are arranged in a rosette around a thick rhizome; the leaves form a sheath around the base. The leaves are appressed, pinnatifid or lyrate and the contour is ovate to lanceolate; both leave faces are canescent with ciliated and spiny margins. The pant's receptacle has silky trichomes. Involucral bracts are canescent and covered with cobweb-like hairs, each bract ends with a single spine. The fruit is a smooth rotund achene with lateral hilum measuring 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long and 1 millimetre (0.039 in) wide surmounted by a white pappus.
Distribution
The plant is endemic to Lebanon.
References
- Nehmé, Moustapha (2000-01-01). معجم الاشتقاقي لنباتات لبنان: noms scientifiques et leur étymologie : noms français, anglais et arabes : noms arabes translittérés (in French). Librairie du Liban éditeurs.
- ^ "Lebanon FLORA". www.lebanon-flora.org. Université Saint Joseph, Beyrouth. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- "Myopordon pulchellum (C.Winkl. & Barbey) Wagenitz — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- Mouterde, Paul (1966). Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie (in French). Editions de l'Impr. catholique. ISBN 9782721458063.
- "Myopordon pulchellum | Euro+Med-Plantbase". portal.cybertaxonomy.org. European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Myopordon pulchellum | |