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Prunus microcarpa, A. G. Miller 118.A5--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Pira Magun. 9 June 2010. 181.jpg
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Prunus microcarpa, A. G. Miller 118.A5--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Pira Magun. 9 June 2010. 181 (2).jpg
Prunus microcarpa, A. G. Miller 118.A5--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Pira Magun. 9 June 2010. 181 (4).jpg
Native to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye, Turkmenistan (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
Moderate NE slope with coppiced oaks on rocky alluvial soil c. 0.5-0.75 km from the Sulaimani-Bargalu highway and 5.5 km NW of Merga Pan village.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus
Specific Epithet
microcarpa
Authorship
C.A.Mey.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#100,197 of 335,497
Top 30%
Extinction probability
13%
