Asteraceae |
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Gundelia L. |
G. tournefortii L., Sp. Pl. 814 (1753). K. Karamanoğlu in Türk Biol. Derg. 14:5-9 (1964). Figure 1, p. 3; figure 2, p. 9. Map 36, p. 359. Plant 20-100 cm. Stems erect, branched, often shining, glabrous or sparsely arachnoid. Leaves rigid, glabrous or arachnoid, with prominent nerves, lanceolate-in outline, sessile or base decurrent into spiny stem-wings, pinnatifid to sub-2-pinnatisect, with spiny-dentate margins; lower leaves 7-30x4.5-16 cm, those above decreasing in size. Heads solitary, 2-5 x 2-4 cm excl. bracts. Bracts spiny-margined, ovate-acuminate and scarcely exceeding capitula or apex prolonged into a hard subterete or flattened spine up to 7 cm. Capitulum 7-17 mm long, incl. exserted corollas. Flowers c. 4-8. Capitula at time of dispersal obovoid to tetragonal, 10-16x5-9 mm. Fertile achene smooth, ovoid. Fl. 5-6. Rocky limestone & igneous slopes, steppe, nr salt lakes, open woodland, fallow fields, 100-2500 m. 1. Bracts greatly exceeding flowers, with apex prolonged into (1 .5-)2.5-7 cm spine; leaves pinnatifid var. armata 1. Bracts not or only slightly exceeding flowers, apical spine less than 1.5 cm 2. Leaves sub-2-pinnatisect, divided almost to rachis; primary segments narrowly triangular, finely spiny var. tenuisecta 2. Leaves pinnatifid; segments broadly triangular, coarsely spiny var. tournefortii var. tournefortii. Syn: G. glabra Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 8 (1768); G. tournefortii L. var. glabra (Miller) DC, Prodr. 5:88 (1836); G. tournefortii L. var. asperrima Trautv. in Acta Horti Petrop. 4(1): 146 (1876). Ic: Gaertner, Fruct. et Sem. 2: t. 163 (1791); Rev. Hort. 13:330 (1864). Described from Armenia and Syria. Inner & S. Anatolia. A4 Ankara: W. of Ayaş, 1100 m, Markgraf 11075! B3 Eskişehir: Eskişehir to Çifteler, Birand & M.Zohary 3293! B4 Ankara: Ankara to Sivrihisar, 15-25 km from Polatli, c. 900 m, D. 36010! B5 Kayseri: Kayseri, T.Baytop (ISTE 12748)! B6 Sivas: nr Kangal, 1400 m, M.&D.Zohary 3543! B7 Erzincan: Keşiş Da. above Cimin, 2500 m, D. 31813! B8 Erzurum: nr Erzurum, vii 1853, Huet! B9 Ağri: Tutak to Patnos, T.Baytop (ISTE 20000)! C3 Antalya: Perge, Sorger 63-25-15! C4 Içel: 11 km S. of Mut, 290 m, Sorger 66-33-10! C5 Konya: Ereğli, vii 1905, Allahverdi! C6 Hatay: Kirikhan to Hamam, c. 100 m, Coode & Jones 546! C9 Hakkari: Zab gorge, 1220 m, Trelawny 1104! C10 Hakkari: 26 km from Yüksekova to Şemdinli, 2000 m, D. 45110! |