Author: آمنه غلامی 
Fortuynia garcinii (Burm.) Shuttlew.
Masoumeh Izadpanah, Amene Gholami and Mohammadamin Soltanipour
Natural Resources Gene Bank, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran.
Uploaded at July 2024
Scientific editor: Parvin Salehi Shanjani
Seed Storage
The storage behavior of this species is orthodox (desiccation-tolerant seeds), dry to 15 to 20% eRH, and store at -20°C.
Germination requirements
The seeds of this species are not dormant. Sterilize seeds before placing them on wet germination paper. Place seeds for two weeks at 0 to 4 ºC – germinate uniformly. Then germinate under an alternating temperature regime of 15/20 ºC (the higher temperature for 16 hours in light and the lower one for eight hours in dark).
Morphology
Fruit type: Silicle
Fruit shape: Elliptic to obovoid, widely winged, apex emarginated to obtuse, beaked, round at the base or sometimes cuneate, glabrous, loculus smooth or wrinkled, each contains one seed, with a dehiscent and sterile loculus under the fertile loculus
Fruit size: Length 14 to 23 mm، width 11 to 21 mm
Seed shape: Ovoid, apex narrowed, bottom truncate, radicular furrow distinct. Surface faint reticulate, orange-brown
Seed size: Length 3.17 to 3.78 mm, width 2.02 to 2.93 mm in an accession from Beshagard, Hormozgan, with 1000 seeds weight 68 g, which was collected and identified in 2016 by Mohammadamin Soltanipour, and is stored in the Natural Resources Gene Bank of Iran with the accession number 45854.
Average 1000 seed weight: 28 to 68 g
Biological features
Life form: Perennial, subshrub, woody at the base, glabrous, caesious. Stem erect, height 30 to 60 cm
Inflorescence, flower type, and pollination mechanism: Inflorescence raceme, flowers actinomorphic, petals obovate-cuneate, unguiculated, purple. Flowers hermaphrodite and cross-pollinating. Pollination is carried out by insects and wind.
Time of flowering: February to October
Time of seed ripening: Spring, summer and early autumn
Seed dispersal methods: Wind and seed weight
Geographical distribution: Endemic to Iran. Typus from uncertain locality Distribution in Iran: Center, Northeast and Southeast. Mostly in provinces Isfahan, Yazd, Hormozgan, Kerman, Baluchistan, Sistan, Khorasan, Semnan and Tehran
Taxonomy
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Fortuynia
Species: F. garcinii
Persian name: Shab booye biyabani-e garmseeri
References and Links
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