Tuesday, July 4, 2023

[Botany • 2023] Ornithogalum harbrum (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae) • A New Species from Iraq


Ornithogalum harbrum Haloob & Qader, 

in Qader et Haloob. 2023. 

Summary

Ornithogalum harbrum is described as a new species from Sulaimaniyah province, Kurdistan of Iraq. The morphological characteristics of the new species are given and those of the closely similar species O. sanandajense and O. arcuatum are discussed. Notes on the ecology and conservation status of O. harbrum are provided.

Key Words: Asia, endemic, Kurdistan, morphology, Sulaimaniyah

Ornithogalum harbrum.
A habit; B inflorescence; C flower with pedicel and bract; D tepal (inner and outer sides); E, F androecium (showing the longer and shorter stamens); G gynoecium; H capsule; J seed; K habitat.

Ornithogalum harbrum Haloob & Qader sp. nov. 

ETYMOLOGY. Named after the Harbr village in Penjwen NE of Sulaimaniya Province in NE Iraq.


Karzan Omar Qader and Ali Haloob. 2023. Ornithogalum harbrum (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae), A New Species from Iraq. Kew Bulletin. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-023-10111-1