Herbaria

Family

Caryophyllaceae

subfamily

Caryophylloideae

Genus

Silene L.

Species

Silene colorata Poir.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

colorata

oliveriana (Otth) Muschl. Man. Fl. Egypt 1:338(1912)

Authority

Poir.

citation

Voy. Barbarie 2:163(1789)

herbariaSynonyms

Silene bipartita Boiss.

Silene colorata poir. var. stenophylla (Boiss.)Dinsm.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm, Ms, Di, Nv)

CAIM (Mm, Ms, Di)

TANE (Mm)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (58)

TANE (1)

Habitat

Weed of farmland

FlFrperiod

February-April

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

Ain el-Bent عين البنت

EnglishName

Coloured Campion, Pink Mediterranean Catchfly, Cloven-petalled Campion

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

Mediterranean area & S. W. Asia

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

Shamso, thesis (1991)-

Hosny et al., Taeckholmia 14:1-36(1992) -

Täckholm, V. (1974) -

El Hadidi, M.N. & Fayed, A.A. (1994/95) -

Boulos, L. (1999)

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 Unpublished M.Sc.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, vol. 1. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.