Zerdana

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Zerdana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Zerdana
Boiss.
Species: Z. anchonioides
Binomial name
Zerdana anchonioides
Boiss.

Zerdana Boiss. is an Iranian endemic and monotypic genus in family Brassicaceae with the single species of Zerdana anchonioides Boiss. A caespitose perennial species growing in mountainous areas on stony and rocky slopes at an altitude of 3000 - 4000m in Irano-Turanian region.

The generic name has been taken from "Zard kuh" (Zard Mount) in Zagros range, West Iran.

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