Erodium sosnowskianum, or Sosonovskiy's heron's-bill, is a herbaceous plant, a species of the genus Erodium of the family Geraniaceae.
| Erodium sosnowskianum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | Erodium |
| Species: | E. sosnowskianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Erodium sosnowskianum Fed.
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Distribution edit
It is narrowly endemic, known in only two habitats in the mountains of Armenia.[1][2]
Taxonomy edit
The species was first described by Andrei Fedorov in the 10th volume of Notes on the Geography and Systematics of the Tbilisi Botanical Institute, published in 1941. It was named after botanist-systematics, researcher of flora of the Caucasus D. I. Sosnovsky.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Erodium sosnowskianum". erodium.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ "List of Critically Endangered species in Armenia". Mongabay. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ "Erodium sosnowskianum Fed". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
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