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Helichrysum plicatum DC. subsp. pseudoplicatum (NAB.) DAVIS ET KUPICHA |
 Helichrysum plicatum DC. subsp. pseudoplicatum (NAB.) DAVIS ET KUPICHA |
 Helichrysum plicatum DC. subsp. pseudoplicatum (NAB.) DAVIS ET KUPICHA |
 Helichrysum plicatum DC. subsp. pseudoplicatum (NAB.) DAVIS ET KUPICHA |
Helichrysum GAERTNER |
| H. plicatum DC, Prodr. 6:183 (1838). Plant glandular, subglabrous to lanate-tomentose. Flowering stems erect or (rarely) procumbent, 4-42 cm, arising from woody branching horizontal caudices. Resting buds usually absent. Basal leaves linear-oblanceolate, 10-100 x 2-10 mm; cauline leaves subamplexicaul, linear-oblanceolate to linear, 15-70x2-20 mm. Capitula subglobose to hemispherical, 4-9 mm. Phyllaries obtuse to acute, ± irregularly and loosely imbricate, often with longitudinal plicae, yellow or cream. All flowers hermaphrodite or the marginal row female. Fl. 6-8. 1. Plants subglabrous; cauline leaves 40-70 x5-20 mm, yellowish-green subsp. polyphyllum 1. Plants thinly to densely lanate-tomentose; cauline leaves 15-40x2-5 mm, whitish- or greyish-green 2. Involucre cream subsp. pseudoplicatum 2. Involucre yellow subsp. plicatum subsp. pseudoplicatum (Nâb.) Davis & Kupicha in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 33:241 (1974). Syn: H. plicatum DC. var. lacteum Boiss., Fİ. Or. 3:231 (1875); H. pseudoplicatum Nâb. in Publ. Fac. Sci. Univ. Masaryk Brno 52:9,1.1 f. 4 (1925). Figure 5, p. 87. Map 9, p. 91. Rocky slopes, 1800-2500 m. Syntypes: [N. Iran] in Persia boreali, ad cacumen Gerdene Kiara inter Ask et vallem Laar, Kotschy 378 (syntype of var. lacteum Boiss.); [Turkey B9 Van] monte Warak-Dar prope Wan, Kronenburg 155; ibid., c. 2500 m, Náblek 3879; [C9 Hakkari] in monte Dwile supra pagum Hasitha (Aşutka), c. 2100 m, Nabélek 3874; [Iraq] ad pagum 'Ain Nune inter pagos Amadia et Hasitha, c. 1200 m, Nádbélek 3866. S.E. Anatolia. B9 Bitlis: Bitlis to Tatvan, 1900 m,' D. 22352! Bitlis/Van: nr Van G., 1750 m, M.Zohary & Plitm. 2162-6! C9 Hakkari: Morinos De. above Martinis, 1900 m, D. 45371! C10 Hakkari: Sat Da. above Varegöz, 1800-2000 m, D. 45560! Members of subsp. pseudoplicatum are generally subglabrous, with straight stems, narrowly linear leaves and small capitula (4-6 mm); members of the more variable subsp. plicatum tend to have denser indumentum, slightly more curved stems, broader leaves and larger capitula (6-8 mm). Apart from the difference in phyllary colour the taxa cannot be clearly distinguished, since there are intermediate forms which approach subsp. pseudoplicatum in facies but have yellow capitula. Examples of these specimens, which may indicate introgression between the subspecies, are listed here: B5 Kayseri: Ali Da., above Zingidere Köyü, 1350-1800 m, Battler 13895! B6 Maraş: d. Çardak, Berit Da. above Ericek, 1700 m, D. 20393b! Adana: d. Saimbeyli, above Doğanbeyli, 1500 m, D. 19910! B9 Bitlis: Tatvan, 1939, Başarman] Muş: 23 km from Patnos to Malazgirt, 1640 m, Hub.-Mor. 11294! B10 Ağri: Ağri Da., Regel (EGE 8474)! External distribution of species: Balkans, Lebanon, N. Iraq, Iran, Caucasia. |