Caryophyllaceae |
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Silene supina BIEB. subsp. pruinosa (BOISS.) CHOWDH. |
Silene L. |
S. supina Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 1: 336 (1808). subsp. pruinosa (Boiss.) Chowdh. in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 22: 266 (1957). Syn: S. pruinosa Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(1): 23 (1843); S. virgata Stapf in Denk.Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. 51:283 (1886). Figure 4, p. 187. Map 15, p. 223. Perennial. Stems ascending to erect, 10-50 cm, retrorsely puberulent. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate, 1-nerved, densely puberulent, often greyish, without sterile shoots in their axils. Inflorescence a raceme or panicle, usually rather lax. Calyx 11-16 mm, retrorsely puberulous, sometimes glandular, the veins conspicuous, very tightly constricted around the anthophore in fruit. Petals cream to greenish, the limb deeply bifid into linear-oblong lobes. Anthophore hairy, 4-8 mm. Capsule ovoid-oblong, about as long as the anthophore or a little longer. Fl. 5-7. Screes, banks, slopes, cultivated ground, 100-2100 m. Syntypes: [Turkey C6 Gaziantep] in Syria prope Aintab; et Cappadocia ad Euphratem, Aucher 450-458. A2 Bursa: Uludağ, 31 vii 1944, Başarman! A4 Kastamonu: Taşköprü to Gökçeağaç, 600 m, D. 38051! A5 Kastamonu: Tosya, Spaca, S int. 1892: 4369! A9 Kars: Kars to Susuz, D. 30594! B2 Kütahya: Tavşanlı to Emet, 800 m, D. 36584! B3 Afyon: Denizli to Çardak, 10 km from Dinar, 1000-1200 m, Dudley, D. 35638! B4 Ankara: Çubuk Da., Zohary 5075! B6 Sivas: 10 km N of Sivas, 13 vi 1939, Reese! B7 Tunceli: nr. Pülümür, 1550 m, M. & D. Zohary 156/12! C2 Muğla: Sandras Da., Gökçe Ova, 1700 m, D. 13494! C3 Antalya: Manavgat to Akseki, 1400 m, Dudley, D. 35812! C4 Konya: Karaman to Ermenek, 1430 m, Hub.-Mor. 8477! C5 Niğde: Pertek nr. Niğde, 1400 m, Siehe 1913: 589! C6 Gaziantep: between Gaziantep and Haruniye, 100-150 m, Haradj. 3557! Syrian Desert, N.W. & W. Iran. Subsp. supina with longer calyx (17-21 mm), less grey indumentum, and fewer-flowered inflorescences may occur in Turkey. 2 specimens, B3 Afyon: Denizli to Çardak, 1000-1200 m, Dudley, D. 35368, and B4 Ankara: 10 miles from Ankara towards Polatli, 900 m, Coode & Jones 2213, differ only in their very dense, crisply canescent indumentum; they might be recognised as a variety. |