Caryophyllaceae

Silene kotschyi var. kotschyi

Silene L. Silene kotschyi BOISS. var. kotschyi BOISS. Ömür: Tek yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 7 Habitat: 950 m.'den yukarı tarlalar ve yamaçlar Minimum yükseklik: 550 Maksimum yükseklik: 950 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: D. ve G. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Kıbrıs, B. Suriye, Suriye Çölü, K. Irak Bulunduğu kareler: B6 B7 C3 C4 C5 C6

S. kotschyi Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(1): 40 (1843). Figure 6, p. 191. Annual. Stems ascending or erect, often diffusely branched from the base, minutely papillose-puberulent below. Basal leaves forming a rosette, linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate; cauline leaves linear-lanceolate. Inflorescence a widely branched compound cyme. Calyx 8-14 mm, puberulent, the teeth long-acuminate, 1-nerved. Petals white or pink, without conspicuous venation. Filaments pilose, at least below. Anthophore 2.5-7 mm, as long as or longer than the ovoid-globose capsule. A polymorphic species (cf. Chowdhuri, op. cit. 276); we recognise 2 varieties in Turkey; 1. Calyx 11-14 mm; stems usually exceeding 20 cm, not branched below var. kotschyi 1. Calyx 8-11 mm; stems usually less than 20 cm, branched near the base var. maritima var. kotschyi. Syn: S. cassia Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(8): 78 (1849)! Fl. 6-7. Fields, slopes, up to 950 m. Syntypes: [Turkey] in Tauro, Kotschy 85; [C6 Gaziantep] Syria prope Aintab, Aucher 425. B6 Maraş: d. Elbistan, Kapidere, D. 20402! B7 Elaziğ: 15 km S E of Elaziğ, 930-950 m, Hub.-Mor. 10711! Malatya: between Malatya & Elaziğ, 800 m, Zohary 37310! C3 Burdur: Burdur, 1845, Heldr.! C5 Içel: Bouloukli nr. Mersin, 13 vi 1855, Ball Seyhan: Sis (Kozan) to Hadjin, Post 1906: 399! C6 Hatay: S of Belen, 600 m, Hub.-Mor, 12440! Maraş: 35 km N of Maraş, 550 m, Hub.-Mor. 12441! S. cassia is the name applied to white-flowered variants. var. maritima Boiss., Fl. Or. 1: 602 (1867). Syn: S. exsudans Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(8): 76 (1849). Fl. 5-7. Sandy places near the sea. Type: [Turkey C5 Içel] in arenosis rnaritimis Ciliciae ad Mersina, Balansa; [C6 Hatay] Syria prope Suadieh, Kotschy. C3 Antalya: ad Catarrhactum, Heldr; Antalya to Korkuteli, 320 m, Hub.-Mor. 8051! C4 Içel: 15 km E of Anamur, Hub.-Mor. 14559! Antalya: W of Alanya, Hub.-Mor. 96371 C5Içel: Viranşehir (Pompeiopolis), s.L, Coode & Jones 1066b! Distribution of the species: Cyprus, W. Syria, Syrian Desert, N. Iraq.