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Issue: Vol. 725 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.725.1.7
Page range: 82-90
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On the identity of some endemic Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) from Middle Asia

South-Siberian Botanical Garden, Altai State University, 656049 Barnaul, Russia
Institute of Biology, National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan, 720001 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Research Centre for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, 720040 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Jizzakh State Pedagogical University, 130100 Jizzakh, Uzbekistan
Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 100125 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 100125 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 100125 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Draba Erysimum Kyrgyzstan Lepidium morphology Parrya synonymy taxonomy Tajikistan Uzbekistan Eudicots

Abstract

The taxonomic identity and status of six species of Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), currently accepted as very narrow endemics of Middle Asia, are critically examined. Draba kuramensis represents a hybrid between D. lanceolata and D. tibetica. Draba vvedenskyi is found to be indistinguishable from D. alberti, Erysimum aksaricum is a synonym of E. marschallianum, Lepidium botschantzevii fully agrees with L. curvinervium, Lepidium uzbekistanicum is not separable from L. paniculatum, and Parrya nuratensis is identical with P. fruticulosa. A new synonymy is therefore established.

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How to Cite

German, D.A., Lazkov, G.A., Ziyodullaev, Q.O., Madaminov, F.M., Beshko, N.Y., Sennikov, A.N. & Tojibaev, K.S. (2025) On the identity of some endemic Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) from Middle Asia. Phytotaxa 725 (1): 82–90. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.725.1.7