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Vavilovia
Vavilovia
formosa
is a
species
of
flowering plants
in the
legume family
,
Fabaceae
. It
belongs to
the
subfamily
Faboideae
. It is the only member of the
genus
Vavilovia
. It was named after the
Russian
geneticist
,
economic botanist
, and
plant geographer
,
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov
. It is found primarily in high
mountain
areas on
shale
or
rocky
ground
in
Turkey
,
Iran
,
Iraq
, and
Lebanon
.