Dodartia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Mazaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Dodartia orientalis, native to Ukraine, Russia, Anatolia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Altai, northern China and Mongolia.[2] A weedy perennial, it is eaten by saiga antelope.[3]

Dodartia
Dodartia orientalis botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Mazaceae
Genus: Dodartia
Tourn. ex L.[1]
Species:
D. orientalis
Binomial name
Dodartia orientalis

References

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  1. ^ Sp. Pl.: 633 (1753)
  2. ^ "Dodartia Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. ^ Turlybekova, G.K.; Turlybekova, A.A.; Akhmetova, A.N.; Gorbacheva, D.A. (30 March 2017). "Ecological features of saiga Saiga tatarica L. var. tatarica of Betpakdaly population of the Central Kazakhstan". Вестник Карагандинского университета Серия «Биология.Медицина.География». 85 (1): 40–48. ISSN 2518-7201. Retrieved 3 August 2020.