Elaeagnaceae

Hippophae rhamnoides subsp. caucasica

Hippophae L. Hippophae rhamnoides L. subsp. caucasica ROUSI Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: küçük ağaç veya çalı Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 3 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 5 Habitat: dere kenarları kıyılar, kayalık yamaçlar, kumluk veya kayalık yamaçlar Minimum yükseklik: 0 Maksimum yükseklik: 3000 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: K. ve D. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Bulgaristan, Kafkasya, K. ve KB. İran Bulunduğu kareler:B5 B7 B8 B9 C5

H. rhamnoides L., Sp. Pl. 1023 (1753). subsp. caucasica Rousi in Ann. Bot. Fenn. 8: 206, t. 18 (1971).   Small tree or bush to 10 m with dense silvery scales, especially on under-sides of leaves. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 30-60 x 3-7 mm. Male flowers in small catkins, with 2 stamens and 2 obtuse perianth lobes, 3-4 mm; female flowers in axillary racemes. Fruit yellowish-orange, elliptic, 6-9 x 3-7 mm; seed elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, sometimes flattened. Fl. 3-5. River banks, shores, steep rocky slopes, sandy or rocky soils, s.l.-3000 m.   Type: [USSR, Georgia] plantae terr. Achalzich, 16 viii 1926, Meffert 117a (holo. S, op. cit. t. 18).   Mainly N. & E. Anatolia. A4 Çankiri: Koč-hissar (Ilgaz), 1000 m, Bornm. 1929:13528! A5 Kastamonu: Kastamonu to Taşköprü, 700 m, D. 38053! A6 Samsun: Samsun, Tobey 9/9! A7 Giresun: 4 km E. of Tirebolu, 3 m, Uotila 19806! A8 Erzurum: nr Oltu, 1500 m, D. 47634! A9 Erzurum: Olur, T. Bay-top (ISTE 14367)! B5 Nevşehir: Göreme, Alava 7158! B6 Sivas: S. of Ala-cahan, M. Zohary 3370! B7 Erzincan: Refahiye, 1500 m, D. 32689! B8 Erzu-rum: 35 km E. of Erzurum towards Ağri, 1700 m, Kukkonen 19541! B9 Van: Hoşap to W. foot of Kepir Da., D. 23321! C5 Içel: Tarsus to Namrun, Tchi-hatcheff.   Bulgaria, Caucasia, N. & N.W. Iran. H. rhamnoides is divided by Rousi (op. cit.) into 9 subspecies, each of which intergrades with others to some extent. As a whole the species is found in a broad belt from W. Europe to Mongolia, but a large gap in W. Turkey separates the European and Asiatic populations. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria occur in its root nodules.