Szovitsia callicarpa in its natural habitat: a, habit; b, detail of the umbel; c, fertile branch.

Szovitsia callicarpa in its natural habitat: a, habit; b, detail of the umbel; c, fertile branch.

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The poorly known monotypic genus Szovitsia Fisch. & C.A.Mey, in the Apiaceae family, is here revised. Szovitsia callicarpa Fisch. & C.A.Mey. is an annual herb with a restricted distribution in the Caucasus region and adjacent areas of northwestern Iran and northeastern Turkey. The genus is unusual within the family because of the transverse plicae...

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... widely membranous margin, ciliate in the upper part, acuminate to subulate, 2-5 × 0.8-1. elliptic with primary and secondary ribs; primary ribs filiform, secondary ribs covered by imbricate plicae, broadly elevated. Stylopodium depressed or short conical, styles spreading or recurved, ca. 1 mm long. Vallecular vitta 1, commissural vittae 2. Figs. 2-3. Choromosome number.-n = 10 ( Shner & al. ...

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