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Silene armena BOISS. var. armena BOISS. |
Silene L. |
| S. armena Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(1): 29 (1843). Figure 4, p. 187. Caespitose perennial, stems up to 50 cm. Basal leaves linear to oblanceolate, narrow. Stem leaves linear, very narrow, margins serrulate or papillose-scabrid above. Inflorescence racemose, sometimes paniculately branched. Bracts linear. Calyx 13-18(-20) mm. Petals bipartite to the middle, whitish or yellowish. Anthophore (4-)5-9 mm. Capsule 9-15 mm, sometimes slightly exserted. 1. Calyx punctate-rugose between the nerves var. serrulata 1. Calyx smooth between the nerves var. armena var. armena. Syn: S. dianthifoiia Gay in Tchihat., Asie Min. Bot. 1: 193 (1860)! S. filipes Freyn & Sint. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 3: 98 (1895)! S. tenuicaulis Freyn & Sint. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 40: 12 (1890); S. amassiensis (Freyn) Bornm. in Feddes Rep. Beih. 89(1): 116 (1936); S. lycica Chowdh. in Notes R.G.B. Edinb. 22: 256 (1957)! Fl. 7-8. Steppe, rocky slopes, 800-2000 m. Type: [Turkey B8 Erzurum] in Armenia circa Erzurum, Aucher All. A7 Gümüşane: Argyri Da., Sint. 1894: 5943c (type of S. filipes)! A8 Erzurum: 46 km NW of Erzurum, 1780-1800 m, Hub.-Mor. 15224! Gümüşane: S side of Soğanli Da., 1700 m, D. 32125! B5 Kayseri: Ali Da., 1400 m, Bal. 1047! B6 Maraş: Elbistan to Darende, Post 1906: 505! C2 Muğla: Girdev Da., 2000 m, D. 13826 (type of S. lycica)] C5 Niğde: Bulgarmaaden, 1855, Bal. (type of S. dianthifolia)! We can find no good reason for maintaining any of the species cited as synonyms, even though S. dianthifoiia was placed in Sect. Macranthae by Chowdhuri (op. cit.). |