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Native to Afghanistan, East European Russia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Iraq, Kurdistan, Sulaimani
35.773028, 45.238889
Location Remarks
Shakh-i Pira Magrun. NW-SE trending anticline with much exposed dolomitic limestone. Rocky trail c. 1.4 km upslope from Zewe oasis (as the crow flies), north of Zewe village. 1600-2100 m elev.
Collectors
Anthony G. Miller, Christopher Davidson, Ihsan Al-Shebaz, Barbara Ertter, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Southwest slope, with talus of large and small boulder. Diffuse woodland of coppiced oaks. Plants mostly dried up, but still showing family characteristics. C. 0.3 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Biebersteiniaceae
Genus
Biebersteinia
Specific Epithet
multifida
Authorship
DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 25.3
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.7
Global rank
#19,810 of 335,497
Top 6%
Extinction probability
10%
