Nathaliella
| Nathaliella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Nathaliella B.Fedtsch. |
| Species: | N. alaica
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| Binomial name | |
| Nathaliella alaica B.Fedtsch.
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| Synonyms | |
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Oreosolen alaicus (B.Fedtsch.) Pavlov | |
Nathaliella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae. The only species is Nathaliella alaica.[1] It is also within Tribe Scrophularieae.
It is native to Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang (in China).[1] It is found on sunny, stone filled slopes, at elevations of 1,500–1,600 metres (4,900–5,200 ft) above sea level.[2]
Description[edit]
It has thick roots. The caudex (plant stem) is covered in the remains of old leaves and white bristly hairs. It has a petiole (leaf stalk) that is about as twice as long as the leaf blade. The leaf blade is broadly ovate,[2] lanceolate or ovoid in shape.[3] They are about 1-1.5 cm wide and 0.5-1 cm long, with an entire (or smooth) margin.[2] It flowers in China in June.[2] The flowers are sessile (without stalk) or pedicellate (stalk of a flower),[3] which is short.[2] The Calyx is 4-5 mm long,[2] with 5 deeply lobes.[3] The corolla is about 1.5 cm long, and purple-red,[2] or pink-violet.[3] The limb is indistinctly 2 lipped.[3] The tube is narrowly cylindrical.[2][3] The throat is slightly dilated.[2] It has 4 stamens, which are attached at the base of corolla tube.[2][3] The filaments (stamen stalks) are filiform (thread-like) and glabrous (smooth).[2] The anthers are divergent.[3] In August, (in China) it produces a fruit or seed capsule,[2] which is ovoid,[2][3] and glabrous. It is about 5-10 mm long and 3-4 mm wide.[2] Inside are numerous seeds.[3]
Taxonomy[edit]
The genus name of Nathaliella is in honour of Nathalie A. Desjatova-Shostenko (1889–1969), a Russian-French botanist noted for identifying at least 70 species of plants, many in the genus Thymus.[4] The Latin specific epithet of alaica refers to coming from the Alai Mountains between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.[5]
Both species and genus were first described and published in Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. Vol.17 on page 327 in 1932.[1][6]
Culture[edit]
In 2011, a postage stamp series was issued in Uzbekistan with a set of illustrations of flowers, including Nathaliella alaica B. Fedtsch.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Nathaliella B.Fedtsch. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Nathaliella alaica in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Joachim W. Kadereit (Editor) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. VII Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Lamiales (except Acanthaceae including Avivenniaceae), 2004, p. 362, at Google Books
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Nowak, Arkadiusz; Świerszcz, Sebastian; Nowak, Sylwia; Nobis, Marcin (2021). "Vegetation Diversity of Screes and Taluses of The Pamir and South-Western Tian Shan in Middle Asia". Folia Geobotanica. 56 (1): 43–67. Bibcode:2021FolGe..56...43N. doi:10.1007/s12224-021-09392-w.
- ^ "Nathaliella alaica B.Fedtsch. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Stamp: Nathaliella alaica B. Fedtsch (Uzbekistan) (Flowers) Mi:UZ 926,Sg:UZ 759,WAD:UZ006.11". Colnect. Retrieved 30 October 2021.