{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | name = Thin asphodeline | taxon = Asphodeline tenuior | image = | image_caption = | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Mikheev, A. |date=2014 |title=''Asphodeline tenuior'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T199910A2618967 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T199910A2618967.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | authority = (Fisch. ''ex'' M.Bieb.) Ledeb. |synonyms_ref=<ref name=j/> | synonyms = *''Asphodelus tenuior'' <small>Fisch. ''ex'' M.Bieb.</small> *''Asphodelus tauricus'' G.Lodd. 1826 not Pall. ex Bieb. 1776 *''Heroion filiformis'' Raf. *''Asphodelus tenuiflorus'' K.Koch *''Asphodeline tenuiflora'' (K.Koch) Miscz. *''Asphodelus szovitsii'' K.Koch *''Asphodelus persicus'' <small>Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Boiss. 1882 not Jaub. & Spach 1844</small> *''Asphodeline szovitsii'' <small>(K.Koch) Miscz.</small> }}

'''''Asphodeline tenuior''''', the '''thin asphodeline''', is a species of plant in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae.<ref name=APwebA>Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Asphodelaceae "Asphodeloideae"]. ''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website''. Retrieved 2016-06-10.</ref> It is native to the Caucasus (southern Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan), as well as from eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran.<ref name=j>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=275412 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> Within Russia, it is known from eastern Krasnodar Krai, Karachay-Cherkessia, Stavropol Krai and western Kabardino-Balkaria. It can be found on stony slopes and scree on limestone and sandstone, from elevations of 500–1,000&nbsp;m. It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation, due to lime pits, slope terracing and cattle pasturing.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />

;Subspecies and varieties<ref name=j/> # ''Asphodeline tenuior'' var. ''puberulenta'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - eastern Turkey # ''Asphodeline tenuior'' subsp. ''tenuiflora'' <small>(K.Koch) Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey, Iran, south Caucasus # ''Asphodeline tenuior'' subsp. ''tenuior'' - north and south Caucasus

Tenual and tenucarb are two natural products, built around a 3-benzoxepin core, which have been isolated from ''A. tenuior'' and ''A. taurica''.<ref>{{cite journal|first1 = A.|last1 = Ulubelen|author-link1 = Ayhan Ulubelen|first2 = E.|last2 = Tuzlaci|first3 = N.|last3 = Atilan|title = Oxepine derivatives and anthraquinones from ''Asphodeline tenuior'' and ''A. taurica''|journal = Phytochemistry|volume = 28|issue = 2|pages = 649–650|year = 1989|doi = 10.1016/0031-9422(89)80076-7 | bibcode=1989PChem..28..649U }}</ref>

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Category:Asphodeloideae Category:Vulnerable plants Category:Flora of Russia Category:Plants described in 1819

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