{"id":5979,"date":"2025-11-03T13:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eseed.rifr-ac.ir\/en\/?p=5979"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:07:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:37:25","slug":"echinophora-platyloba-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eseed.rifr-ac.ir\/en\/?p=5979","title":{"rendered":"Echinophora platyloba DC."},"content":{"rendered":"

Echinophora platyloba<\/em><\/strong> DC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parvin Salehi Shanjani, Mohammad Reza Pahlavani, Nastaran Jalilian and Amene Gholami<\/strong><\/p>\n

Natural Resources Gene Bank, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uploaded at october 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scientific editor: Masoumeh Izadpanah<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seed Storage <\/strong><\/p>\n

The storage behavior of this species is orthodox (desiccation-tolerant seeds), dry to 15-20% eRH, and store at -20\u00b0C.<\/p>\n

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Germination requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n

The seeds of this species are dormant. Sterilize seeds before placing them on wet germination paper. Place seeds for two weeks to two months\u200c at 4 \u00baC to germinate uniformly. Then germinate under an alternating temperatures of 20 \u00baC (16 hours of light) and 15 \u00baC (8 hours of darkness).<\/p>\n

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Morphology<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fruit type:<\/strong> Schizocarp, an indehiscent dry fruit that consists of one not compressed carpel called mericarp<\/p>\n

Fruit shape: <\/strong>Mericarp elongated ellipsoid, lateraly slightly compressed, dorsal surface convex with 5 fine longitudinal ridges, ventral surface slightly concave, with distinct sap canals. Mericarp surface dull, brown<\/p>\n

Fruit size:<\/strong> Length 5.13 to 5.87 mm, width 2.16 to 2.22 mm in an accession from Bisotun, Kermanshah, with a 1000 seed\/fruit weight of 5.8 g, which was collected and identified in 2017 by Nastaran Jalilian, and is stored in the Natural Resources Gene Bank of Iran with the accession number 46676.<\/p>\n

1000 seed\/fruit weight: <\/strong>5 to 11 g<\/p>\n

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Biological features<\/strong><\/p>\n

Life form:<\/strong> Herbaceous, perennial, spiny. Stem erect, with divergent branches, aromatic, cabbage-green, 20 to 55 cm long<\/p>\n

Inflorescence, flower type, and pollination mechanism:<\/strong> Inflorescence compound umbels, umbel with 1 to 5 rays, 2 to 15 mm long, equal or unequal, umbellule with about 6 flowers, petals indistinct, white or red. \u200cPlant monoecious, \u200ccross-pollinated. Pollination is carried out by insects and wind. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time of flowering:<\/strong> Late summer<\/p>\n

Time of seed ripening:<\/strong> Late summer<\/p>\n

Seed dispersal methods:<\/strong> By seed weight and wind<\/p>\n

Geographical distribution<\/strong>:<\/strong> Endemic to Iran. Typus from around Tehran, Iran<\/p>\n

Distribution in Iran:<\/strong> West, center and northeast. Mostly in Tehran and Kurdistan provinces<\/p>\n

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Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family:<\/strong> Apiaceae<\/p>\n

Genus:<\/strong> Echinophora <\/em><\/p>\n

Species: <\/strong>E<\/em>. platyloba<\/em><\/p>\n

Persian name<\/strong>:<\/strong> Khusharizeh<\/p>\n

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References and Links <\/strong><\/p>\n

Black, M. and Bewley, J.D. 2000. Seed technology and its biological basis. Sheffield Academic Press, 419 pp.<\/p>\n

Boj\u0148ansk\u00fd, V. and Farga\u0161ov\u00e1, A. 2007. Atlas of seeds and fruits of central and East-European flora: the Carpathian Mountains region. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1046 pp.<\/p>\n

Ghahraman, A. Flore of Iran. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands with University of Tehran Publication. https:\/\/floraofiran.net\/index.php.<\/p>\n

Mozaffarian, V.A. 1998. Dictionary of Iranian plants names. Farhange Moaser Publisher, Tehran, 671 pp.<\/p>\n

Mozaffarian, V.A. 2012. A Pictorial dictionary of botany. Farhange Moaser Publisher, Tehran, 1088 pp.<\/p>\n

Mozaffarian V. 2008. Flora of Iran, Umbelliferae. Institute of Forests and Rangelands Press, Tehran, Iran, Publication No. 54, 592 pp.<\/p>\n

Sharma, O.P. 2009. Plant taxonomy 2E. Tata McGraw-Hill Education, New Delhi, 563 pp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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