Caryophyllaceae |
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Minuartia L. |
M. umbellulifera (Boiss.) McNeill in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 24: 146 (1962). Syn: Alsine umbellulifera Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(5): 61 (1856)! M. heldreichiana sensu Mattf. in Feddes Rep. Beih. 15: 162 (1922) pro maj. parte! Like M. rimarum but up to 12 cm, glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent; leaves setaceous, ± terete to semicircular in section, 1-3-veined, the lateral veins much less prominent than the midvein, and adjacent to it; sepals lanceolate to ovate. 1. Petals oblanceolate; inflorescence never a dense umbellate cluster, pedicels 8-30 mm 2. Flowering stems 1-2 cm, bearing l(-2) flowers; sepals lanceolate; seeds fimbriate on the dorsal ridge subsp. fimbriata 2. Flowering stems 4-11 cm, bearing (l-)3-6 flowers; sepals ovate-lanceolate; seeds obscurely tuberculate throughout subsp. pontica 1. Petals obovate 3. Sepals lanceolate; seeds echinate on the dorsal ridge; inflorescence mono-chasial subsp. salbacica 3. Sepals ovate to ovate-lanceolate; seeds obscurely tuberculate throughout subsp. umbellulifera 3a. Inflorescence a contracted umbel; pedicels 2-8(-10) mm; petals usually narrowly obovate (2-2 ½ x longer than broad); sepals usually ovate-lanceolate var. umbellulifera 3a. Inflorescence monochasial; pedicels 8-15 mm; petals broadly obovate (1½-2 x longer than broad); sepals ovate var. kurdica subsp. umbellulifera. var. kurdica McNeill in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 24: 352 (1963). Fl. 7-8. Rocks and scree, 2400-3200 m. Type: Turkey [B9] Bitlis, scree on N slope of crater of Nemrut Dağ, 2600 m, open community, scree rather mobile, 12 viii l956, McNeill 593a (holo. E! iso. K!). B9 Van: Kavuşşahap Da., 3200 m, D. 23101! Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. |