Dodartia Explained

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.^[1] A weedy perennial, it is eaten by saiga antelope.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dodartia Tourn. ex L. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 3 August 2020 .
2. 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 . 2518-7201 . 3 August 2020 .