| Caryophyllaceae |
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Silene montbretiana BOISS. |
Silene montbretiana BOISS. |
Silene L. |
| S. montbretiana Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(1): 26 (1843). Syn: S. hohenackeri Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(1): 75 (1859); S. ispirensis Boiss. & Huet in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(5): 55 (1856); S. aucheriana Boiss. sensu Fl. Or. 1: 617 (1867) non Diagn. ser. 1(1): 27 (1843); S. bornmıtelleriana Freyn in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 40:363 (1890). Figure 4, p. 187. Map 15, p. 223.
Perennial. Stems erect, up to 35 cm, retrorsely puberulent. Lower leaves obo-vate to narrowly elliptic, acute. Cauline leaves 1-nerved, linear-oblong (rarely oblong-lanceolate), puberulent. Inflorescence a widely branched panicle. Calyx 12-18 mm, the veins conspicuous, densely puberulent in fruit, glandular, inflated and contracted at the apex in fruit. Petals greenish white. Anthophore 3-5 mm. Capsule narrowly ovoid, acuminate, included in the inflated calyx. Fl. 5-7. Slopes, steppe, 1300-2000 m. Type: cf. Chowdhuri in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 22: 266-267 (1957). A6 Sivas: Bey Da., S of Zara, 2000 m, Stn. & Hend. 5290! A7 Gümüşane: Aghakoei, Sint. 1894: 5945! A8 Erzurum: 46 km NW of Erzurum, 1700-1800 m, Hub.-Mor. 15219! A9 Kars: nr. Kars (Grossheim 3: map 281). B5 Seyhan: d. Feke, Bakir Da., 2000 m, D. 19401! B6 Sivas: Pinarbaşi to Gürün, 1700 m, Stn. & Hend. 5200! B7 Erzincan: 34 km W of Erzincan, 2060 m, Zohary 8765! Tunceli: Pülümür, 1550 m, D. 29260! B8 Erzurum: Ilica to Tercan, 1900 m, D. 30846! Muş: 26 km N of Muş, 1300-1500 m, Zohary 57133! Azerbaijan, N., N.W. & W. Iran, N. Iraq. Ir.-Tur. element. In flower, difficult to distinguish from S.. arguta. S. erysimifolia Stapf and S. eriocalycina Boiss. are two species, from Iran & Syria, doubtfully distinct from S. montbretiana. Born-miiller (Feddes Rep. Beih. 89(1): 110-111, 1936) records both from prov. Erzincan. In view of the difficulty of the group it seems unwise to accept these records without confirmation. |