| Caryophyllaceae |
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Silene cappadocica BOISS. ET HELDR. |
Silene L. |
| S. cappadocica Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(8): 86 (1849). Syn: 5. brachycarpa Boiss. & Bal. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(6): 29 (1859). Figure 4, p. 187. Map 13, p. 207. Perennial. Stems ascending to erect, retrorsely puberulent, 10-50 cm. Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, usually without sterile shoots in their axils, puberulent, less than 5 mm broad. Inflorescence a rather loose though strict panicle. Calyx 3-5 mm in functionally female flowers, 5-11 mm in hermaphrodite flowers, puberulent, often glandular. Petals white to greenish yellow, deeply bifid into ± linear lobes. Anthophore (in hermaphrodite flowers) 3-4 mm. Capsule ovoid, trigonous or 3-sulcate, long-acuminate, included in the calyx. Fl. 5-7. Steppe, slopes, etc. 800-2300 m. Syntypes: [Turkey C4 Konya] vineis arenosis Lycaoniae prope Konieh, Held-reich; Cappadocia, Aucher 162. A4 Çankiri: Çankiri, 800-900 m, Bornm. 13339! A5 Kastamonu: Tosya, m. Bellowa, Sint. 1892: 4580. A8 Çoruh: Ziyaret Da. between Artvin and Ardahan, 2300 m, D. 30281! A9 Erzurum: nr. Oltu (Grossheim 3: map 265). B2 Burdur: Burdur to Antalya, 10 km from Burdur, 950 m, Hub.-Mor. 5139! B3 Kütahya: 50 km NW of Afyon, Sorger T-63-46-53! B4 Ankara: Ankara, Bornm. 1892: 3212! B5 Kayseri: Kayseri, Bail B6 Sivas: Şarkışla, 1300 m, Stainton 8462! B7 Erzincan: Erzincan to Refahiye, N of Erzincan, 1930 m, Hub.-Mor. 13156! B8 Muş: Melazgirt, Schischkin! C2 Antalya: Elmali, Bourgeau 62 p.p.! C4 Konya: Yavşan Memlehasi, D. 18656! Georgia. Ir.-Tur. element. Cf. observation under S. spergulifolia. The distinctions between S. cappadocica and S. brachycarpa (calyx and capsule size, indumentum) appear to relate only to the differences between hermaphrodite and functionally female specimens. |