Herbaria

Family

Caryophyllaceae

subfamily

Caryophylloideae

Genus

Silene L.

Species

Silene villosa Forssk. var. villosa

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Forssk.

citation

Fl. Aegypt.-arab. 88(1775)

herbariaSynonyms

Silene villosa var. erecta Täckh. et Boulos

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm, Nv, S. On)

CAIM (Di, Dg, Nv, Ge)

SCUI (Di-Dg-S)

TANE (Mm)

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herbariaSubLocality

Dakhla, Kharga Oases

herbariaDetailedLocality

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herbariaCollector

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herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

SCUI

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

SCUI (6)

TANE (11)

CAI (100)

Habitat

Sandy desert plains and edges of cultivation

FlFrperiod

March-May

LifeForm

Therophyte

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

Kahlah: كحلة

Attan: عطان

EnglishName

Villous campion

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

Sahara to SW. Palestine and W. Arabian Peninsula, S. Iran to N. Central Pakistan

Chorology

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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 Unpublished M.Sc.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 University

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, vol1. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

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