Heliotropium lasiocarpum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. belongs to the Heliotropiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Heliotropium lasiocarpum, I. Al-Shebaz 1.3--Iraq. Kurdistan. Zaynal, NW of Mawat. 16 June 2010. 046 (7).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Heliotropiaceae
Genus
Heliotropium
Specific Epithet
lasiocarpum
Authorship
Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#208,879 of 335,497
Top 63%
Extinction probability
9%
Location
Iraq, Kurdistan, Sulaimani Prov.
35.761028, 45.470000
Location Remarks
North of Sulaimani on highway to Zaynal and Mawat, c. 2 km south of Suraqalat. Banks of Aw-e Shiler River near a bridge (and remnants of a pervious bridge blown up by Hussein troops). 830 m elev.
Collectors
Ihsan Al-Shebaz, Christopher Davidson, Barbara Ertter, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Sparse steppe vegetation, some oaks in protected ravines.
