Acanthaceae |
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Acanthus L. |
A. dioscoridis L., Sp. PL ed. 2:891 (1762). Erect herb, 1540 cm, pubescent, puberulous or glabrous. Basal leaves with winged petiole; lamina 6-25 x 1-7 cm, subentire to laciniate or deeply pinnatifid; lobes mucronulate, spinescent, entire or dentate. Bracts incised or dentate, ± spinescent. Bracteoles linear to linear-lanceolate, subulate. Corolla purple or rose-red; lobes pubescent or glandular-pubescent outside, glandular-pubescent inside; tube glabrous or pubescent outside, hirsute within. Style sparsely hairy at base. Ovary hairy at apex. Fl. 5-8. Rocky igneous slopes, cliffs, dry chalky loam, hills, steppe, fallow fields, etc., 1300-2200 m. 1. Lamina of basal leaves ± entire or rarely 2-3-lobed 2. Plant more than 20 cm tall var. dioscoridis 2. Plant 10-15 cm tall var. brevicaulis 1. Lamina of basal leaves laciniate or deeply pinnatifid 3. Lamina laciniate to less than halfway var. laciniatus 3. Lamina deeply pinnatifid into spiny-dentate lobes var. perringii var. dioscoridis. Syn: A. dioscoridis L. var. grar.diflorus Bornm. in Mitt. Thür. Bot. Ver. N.F. 6:67 (1894); A. dioscoridis L. var. boissieri Freyn & subsp. longistylis Freyn in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4:140 (1896); A. dioscoridis L. var. boissieri Bornm. & var. straussii Hausskn. ex Bornm. in Beih. Bot. Centr. 22 (2): 117 (1876). Ic:: Zeller, Wild Pl. Holy Land ed. 2: t. 40 (1876); The Plants-man 2:138(1981). Map 3. Type: [Lebanon] in Libano, [1573-75], Rauwolf (holo. L). E. Anatolia. B6 Maraş/Malatya: Elbistan to Darende, 13 vii 1906, G. & B. Post! B7 Tunceli: above Pülümür, 1900 m, D. 30994! B8 Erzincan: Aşkale to Tercan, 1840 m, Hub.-Mor. 14436(!). B9 Bitlis: Said ovasi 7km S.S.W. of Bitlis, 1600 m, Frödin 1939:268. C7 Adiyaman: below Urik nr Kahta, Hand.-Mazz. 2164. C8 Mardin: Mardin, Bakakri, Sint. 1888:1250 (type of subsp. longistylis Freyn)! Diyarbakır: Diyarbakir, D. 22149! C9 Hakkari: mt. Siares (Ziyarat Da.?) nr Hasitha (Aşutka), 1500-1750 m, Nábelek 1993. C10 Hakkari: above Ziri, S. of Cilo Da., 2130 m, Trelawny 1822 (!). Lebanon, N. Iraq, W. Iran; Yemen? |