Herbaria

Family

Caryophyllaceae

subfamily

Caryophylloideae

Genus

Silene L.

Species

Silene succulenta Forssk.

herbariaSubsps

succulenta

herbariaVariety

Authority

Forssk.

citation

Fl. Aegypt.-arab. 89(1775)

herbariaSynonyms

S. cryptantha Viv.

S. succulenta Forssk. subsp. cryptantha (Viv.) Durand & Barrate

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm, Ms, Nv)

CAIM (Mm)

CAIA (Mm)

SCUI (Di)

TANE (Mm)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

SCUI

CAIA

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (95)

SCUI (1)

CAIA (5)

TANE (24)

Habitat

Maritime dunes & coastal plains

FlFrperiod

February-July

LifeForm

Chamaephyte

LifeSpan

perennial

herbariaArabicName

Khobezet el-Bahr: خبيزة البحر

Roghl: ٌرغل

EnglishName

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

S. & E. Medit. to S. Transcaucasus and Arabian Peninsula.

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Shamso, E. (1991).Taxonomical and Ecological studies of the Egyptian species of Silene L. Silenoideae-Caryophyllaceae. Unpublished M.Sc. Thesis, Faculty of Science, Cairo University1. Systematic revision of the genus Silene L. Taeckholmia 14:1-36.

Hosny, A., El Hadidi, M.N. & Shamso, E. (1992) Taxonomic studies of Silenoideae (Caryophyllaceae) in Egypt. 1. Systematic revision of the genus Silene L. Taeckholmia 14:1-36.

Täckholm, V. (1974) Students' Flora of Egypt (ed. 2), Cairo University.

El Hadidi, M.N. & Fayed, A.A. (1994/95). Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt. Taeckholmia 15.

Boulos, L. (1999) Flora of Egypt, vol. 1. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.