Niedzwedzkia

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Ptelea:

{{Italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name = ''Niedzwedzkia semiretschenskia''
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN2.3
| image =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
| unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
| unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Bignoniaceae]]
| genus = '''''Niedzwedzkia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Boris Alexewitsch Fedtschenko|Fedtsch.]]
| species = '''''N. semiretschenskia'''''
| binomial = ''Niedzwedzkia semiretschenskia''
| binomial_authority = Fedtsch.
| synonyms =
* ''Incarvillea semiretschenskia'' (Fedtsch.) Grierson
}}

'''''Niedzwedzkia''''' is a single species genus named for the Russian botanist [[Vladislav E. Niedzwiecki|Vladislav Niedzwiecki]]. '''''Niedzwedzkia semiretschenskia''''' is a rare perennial flower [[endemicity|endemic]] to dry, rocky hillsides in [[Kazakhstan]], placed on the IUCN Red List in 1997. <ref name=Walter>Walter, K. S. & Gillett, H. J. (1998). ''1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants.''</ref> <ref name=Czerepanov>Czerepanov, S. K. (2007) ''Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).''</ref> The plant is sometimes treated as ''[[Incarvillea]]'', but has winged capsules and septifragal dehiscence.

==Description==
The plant has numerous wiry upright stems growing to a height of 45 cm from a sub-shrub base. The leaves are deeply incised with linear lobes. The orange-pink tubular flowers are 6 cm long by 4 cm across. The fruits are 5 cm long and feature six very wavy wings.<ref name=Phillips>Phillips, R. & Rix, M. (1989). ''Perennials'', Vol. 1, p. 187. Pan Books Ltd., London. ISBN 0-330-30258-2</ref> [[Ploidy]] ''2n'' = 22. <ref name=Chen>Chen, S. et al. (2005). Molecular phylogeny of Incarvillea (Bignoniaceae) based on ITS and TRN L-F sequences. ''American Journal of Botany'' 92 (4): 625-633. 2005.</ref>

== Cultivation ==
The plant demands well drained dry soil in a warm position exposed to full sun; it is hardy to -15° Celsius.<ref name=Phillips/>

=== Accessions ===
*[[Tashkent Botanical Garden]].

== References ==
{{reflist}}
* ''The New Plantsman'' Incarvillea semiretschenskia (Fedtsch.) Grierson Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 23:350 (1961)
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[[Category:Bignoniaceae]]
[[Category:Monotypic Lamiales genera]]
[[Category:Flora of Kazakhstan]]

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