Zerdana

Zerdana is an Iranian endemic and monotypic genus in family Brassicaceae with the single species of Zerdana anchonioides. A caespitose perennial species growing in mountainous areas on stony and rocky slopes at an altitude of 3000 - 4000m in Irano-Turanian region.

Zerdana
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Zerdana

Species:
Z. anchonioides
Binomial name
Zerdana anchonioides
Boiss.

The generic name has been taken from Zard Kuh (Yellow Mountain) in Zagros range, West Iran.

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