Panderia pilosa Fisch. & . (Chenopodiaceae) was never previously reported for the flora of Lebanon, although it occurs in all neighbouring countries. Specimens collected from Mount Mnaitra in the Mount Lebanon range confirm its presence. | Turk J Bot 31 (2007) 157-158 © TÜB‹TAK Research Note A New Record from Lebanon: Panderia pilosa Fisch. & . (Chenopodiaceae) Ricardus M. HABER*, Myrna T. SEMAAN Centre for Environmental Development, Awareness & Research (.), PO BOX 967, Jounieh, LEBANON Received: Accepted: Abstract: Panderia pilosa Fisch. & . (Chenopodiaceae) was never previously reported for the flora of Lebanon, although it occurs in all neighbouring countries. Specimens collected from Mount Mnaitra in the Mount Lebanon range confirm its presence. Key Words: Biodiversity, Chenopodiaceae, flora, Lebanon, Mediterranean Introduction Panderia is represented in Turkey, Syria, Jordan and Palestine by the single species P. pilosa Fisch. & . (Zohary, 1966; Aellen, 1967). This taxon has a circle of distribution stretching from Anatolia into Central Asia (Mouterde, 1966; Zohary, 1966; Aellen, 1967; Hedge et al., 1997). It has never been identified from Lebanon nor listed in its flora (Post, 1932; Mouterde, 1966). Twentyfive years of ongoing field research reviewing the flora of Lebanon under the “Wild Flora Project” has found P. pilosa in the heights of the Mount Lebanon range. Results and Discussion Panderia pilosa Fisch. & ., Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 2:46 (1835). Figure 1. Examined specimens: Lebanon: Kesrouan Province: Mount Mnaitra, 1807 m, 34˚04'52'' N, 35˚55'50'' E, , R. Haber and M. Semaan, no. 3518 (BEI). Annual herb, up to 10 cm, hirsute; stem spreading, simple or branched from base; leaves 5-7 mm, linear to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, alternate, sessile, hirsute. Inflorescence a dense leafy spike; flowers mm, in clusters of 2-3 in the axils of the upper leaves, sessile, hermaphrodite, ebracteolate; perianth urceolate, dry membranous, partly hairy with long simple hairs, united below, with 5 equal, rounded connivent lobes which have a green tubercle towards the apex; stamens 5 with long filaments; anthers ovoid, .
