Liliaceae

Scilla siberica subsp. armena

Scilla siberica subsp. armena

Scilla L. Scilla siberica HAW. subsp. armena (GROSSH.) MORDAK Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 3 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 5 Habitat: çimenlik yamaçlar, eriyen karlarda Minimum yükseklik: 1000 Maksimum yükseklik: 2500 Endemik: - Element: İran-Turan Türkiye dağılımı: KD. ve Karasal Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Gürcistan, Ermenistan Bulunduğu kareler :A6 A7 A8 A9 B7 B8 B9

S. siberica Haw. in Bot. Reposit. 6: t. 365 (1804). subsp. armena (Grossh.) Mordak in Bot. Zhurn. 56:1450 (1971). Syn: S. armena Grossh. in Monit. Jard. Bot. Tiflis ser. 2, 3:198 (1927)! Ic: Naturk. Jahrb. Stadt Linz 25:115, f. 17, t. XVII & col. t. 8 f. a, d-f (1980), all as S. armena. Bulb 0.7-l(-2) cm diam., tunics fuscous. Leaves 2-3(-5), linear, (3-)5-6(-28) cm x 4-5(-17)mm. Scapes l-3(-10), 6-8(-14) cm. Raceme 1-2-flowered; pedicels usually curved, shorter than perianth segments. Bracts amplexicaul (cuff-shaped), bifid, deltoid, 1-2 mm, usually truncate, cordate and inflated at base. Perianth segments deep blue, often white at base, with dark midrib, (10-)13-15 x (3-)4-5 mm, spreading, conduplicate at base. Filaments 1-2 mm broad at base. Ovary subglobose, 3-5 mm diam. Style relatively short and thick, (3-)4-6 mm. Seeds ovoid, c. 3 x 2 mm, pale brown with white cylindrical caruncle. 2n = 12 (as S, monanthos). Fl. (3-j4-5(-6j. Open grassy slopes, by melting snow, 1000-2500 m. Type: [Georgia] Achalkalaki, na g. Tavschan, travyanistye sklony, 1706 m, 12 iv 1907, E.Bordzilovsky, sub S. sibirica f. monantha Bordz. (holo. TBI! iso. LE!TGM!). N.E. & adjacent Inner Anatolia. A6 Sivas: 20 km N. of Zara, 1650 m, Kukk-onen 5419! A7 Trabzon: Zigana Da., 1830 m, Guichard TUR/97/62 p.p.! Gümüşane: Kara Kaban, 2135 m, Balls 350! A8Çoruh: Artvin, 2200 m, Stainton 8269 p.p.! A8/9 Erzurum: d. Oltu, mt. Husseyn-dada (Düğün Tepe), 27 v 1912, Sosnowsky! A9Kars: mt. Vank nr Karakurt, 1830-2135 m, Turkevicz 189! B7 Erzincan: Kizil De., 2150 m, Lamond 2636! B8 Erzurum: passbetween Erzurum and Çat, 1800 m, Rix et al. 1682! Bitlis: Kambos Da. above Hurmuz, 1830 m, D. 23444! B9 Erzurum: Tahir pass, W. side, 2400-2500 m, Lamond 2647! Ağri: d. Sülüçem, nr Balik G., 2135 m, D.M. Brown 425! Georgia, Soviet Armenia. Ir.-Tur. element. Plants from A7 Gümüşhane, notably four collections of Sintenis (Sint. 1889:114! 1890:2124! 1894:5468! 1894:5469b!)representf.robusta Mordak(Notes R.B.G.Edinb. 41:53,1983), with 2-10 scapes and 4-5 leaves to 28 cm x 11-17 mm. Subsp. caucasica (Miscz.) Mordak occurs in N. Iraq and Transcaucasia; subsp. siberica is found in S.& southern C.Russia, Caucasia, Crimea and ?Iran. 10. S. leepii Speta in Naturk. Jahrb. StadtLinz 22:69, t. 8(1977). Ic: Naturk. Jahrb. Stadt Linz 25:123, f. 23 & col. t. 5 f. c-d (1980). Bulb ovoid, tunics dark brown outside, violet-purple within. Leaves 2-4, broadly linear, synanthous, 3-10 cm x 4-8 mm. Scapes l-4(-6), slender. Raceme lax, l(-3)-flowered; pedicels curved, 2-10 mm, shorter than perianth segments. Bracts bifid, 1-2.5 mm. Perianth segments lilac-blue, with dark midrib, 9-18 x 2-5 mm, spreading. Filaments 6-7 mm, dilated at base. Ovary sub-globose. Style (5-)6-8.5(-ll) mm. Seeds subglobose, c. 2 mm diam., pale brown with white caruncle. 2n = 12. Fl. 3-4. Rocky steppe, c. 1000 m. Type: Turkey [B7 Elaziğ] bei Maden am Tigris, 5 iv 1976, H J. Leep (holo. Hb. Speta). E. Anatolia (Upper Euphrates & Mesopotamia). B7 Elaziğ: 3 km from Ergani to Maden, 1000 m, T. Baytop & Leep (lSTE 34434)! Sekgel Tepe, 5 iv 1940, Romieux! Elaziğ/Diyarbakir: Ergani to Maden, Sauer 57/137! 57/145! Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. Morphologically close to S. siberica subsp. arm-ena.