Author: آمنه غلامی 
Pseudocamelina campylocarpa (Boiss.) N. Busch
Masoumeh Izadpanah, Amene Gholami and Valiollah Mozaffarian
Natural Resources Gene Bank, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran.
Uploaded at february 2026
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 4 ºC to 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: Silique, dehiscent
Fruit shape: Linear, moniliform, seeds in one row; style visible, stigma head-shaped
Fruit size: Length 4 to 20 mm, width 1 to 1.5 mm; pedicel shorter than silique
Seed shape: Ellipsoid, compressed from dorsovental sides, radicle longer than cotyledons, accumbent. Surface indicent reticulate, globrous, dull, brown
Seed size: Length 1.22 to 1.38 mm, width 0.73 to 0.85 mm in an accession from Damavand, Tehran with 1000 seeds weight 0.3 g, which was collected and identified in 2016 by Valiollah Mozaffarian, and is stored in the Natural Resources Gene Bank of Iran with the accession number 45919
Average 1000 seed weight: 0.3 to 0.31g
Biological features
Life form: Herbaceous, bionnial, pubescent. Stem erect, purplish in the lower part, 43 to 72 cm long. With basal and cauline leaves
Inflorescence, flower type, and pollination mechanism: Inflorescence lax raceme, with 8 to 18 flowers, rachis straight or zigzag; flowers hermaphrodite, regular; polysepalous, sepals lanceolate, 2 to 3 mm long; polypetalous, petals oblong, with rounded tip, 3 to 5 mm long, white. Plant monoecious, cross-pollinated. Pollination is carried out by insects and wind.
Time of flowering: Late spring to early summer
Time of seed ripening: summer
Seed dispersal methods: Seed weight
Geographical distribution: Endemic to Iran. Typus from Isfahan
Distribution in Iran: West and Center. Mostly in provinces Kordestan, Hamedan, markazi Isfahan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Bakhtiari
Taxonomy
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Pseudocamelina
Species: P. campylocarpa
Persian name: Sadafi Barg klami
References and Links
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Bojňanský, V. and Fargašová, A. 2007. Atlas of seeds and fruits of central and East-European flora: The Carpathian Mountains region. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1046 pp.
Ghahraman, A. Flore of Iran. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands with University of Tehran Publication. https://floraofiran.net/index.php.
Mozaffarian, V.A. 1998. Dictionary of Iranian plants names. Farhange Moaser Publisher, Tehran, 671 pp.
Mozaffarian, V.A. 2012. A Pictorial dictionary of botany. Farhange Moaser Publisher, Tehran, 1088 pp.
Sharma, O.P. 2009. Plant taxonomy 2E. Tata McGraw-Hill Education, New Delhi, 563 pp.
