Native to Afghanistan, Altay, East European Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Romania, South European Russia, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 12427

June 4, 2014

Location

Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Aspindza

41.616389, 43.1105

Location Remarks

East of Akhaltsikhe, and ca. 4 km east of Rustavi village, on highway A306. 1035 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, David Kikodze, Shalva Sikharulidze, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Hillside stepp-shrubland, impacted by animal grazing. Spiny shrub 0.75 m.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Sapindales

Family

Nitrariaceae

Genus

Nitraria

Specific Epithet

schoberi

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 13.2

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.7

Global rank

#64,935 of 335,497

Top 20%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →