Aubrieta libanotica

Aubrieta libanotica, common name Lebanese rock cress, is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae. The genus is named after Claude Aubriet, a French flower painter. [1][2][3] A. Libanotica is native to the mountainous ranges of Lebanon and some parts of Syria.[1][4][5][6][7]

Aubrieta libanotica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Aubrieta
Species:
A. libanotica
Binomial name
Aubrieta libanotica
Boiss. & Hohen., 1849

Description

It is a low, spreading plant, hardy, evergreen and perennial, with small violet, flowers, and inhabits rocks and banks. It prefers light, well-drained soil, is tolerant of a wide pH range, and can grow in partial shade or full sun.[8][9]

Etymology

The genus is named after Claude Aubriet, a French flower painter. The specific epithet refers the Lebanon mountain range where the species was first described by the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.[1]

Distribution and habitat

A. Libanotica is endemic to elevated mountains of Lebanon.[10]

Diseases and pests

A. Libanotica is susceptible to Ceutorhynchus minutus a true weevil in the tribe Ceutorhynchini.[11]

References
  1. Boiss., 1849. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 32.
  2. The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London, 1996, ISBN 0751304360 p.155
  3. Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
  4. "Aubrieta libanotica Boiss. & Hohen". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  5. "Aubrieta libanotica Boiss. & Hohen. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  6. "Aubrieta libanotica Boiss. & Hohen". science.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  7. Schmid, Rudolf; Govaerts, Rafaël; Govaerts, Rafael (August 1996). "World Checklist of Seed Plants". Taxon. 45 (3): 579. doi:10.2307/1224173. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1224173.
  8. The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London, 1996, ISBN 0751304360 p.155
  9. "Aubrieta libanotica Boiss. & Hohen. — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  10. "Aubrieta libanotica Boiss. & Hohen". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  11. "Aubrieta libanotica". Plant Parasites of Europe. September 2017.
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