Herbaria

Family

Gentianaceae

subfamily

Genus

Centaurium Hill

Species

Centaurium pullchellum (Sw.)Druce

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(Sw.)Druce

citation

Fl.Berkshire:342 (1898)

herbariaSynonyms

Gentiana pulchella Sw.

Erythrea pulchella (Sw.)Fries

Centaurium meyeri (Bunge)Druce

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

TANE (Mm)

CAI (S)

CAIRC (Ge)Mm, Ol)

ALEX (Ol)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

TANE (Sallum)

ALEX (Siwa)

herbariaDate

TANE (31/1/2005)

herbariaCollector

TANE (D.A.Ahmed)

herbariaCollectorNo

TANE (2751(440)+2827(440))

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

TANE

CAI

CAIRC

ALEX

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

TANE (2)

CAI (1)

CAIRC (4)

ALEX (1)

Habitat

sheltered montain crevices around springs

FlFrperiod

May - August

LifeForm

Therophyte

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

Qantarioun قنطريون

EnglishName

slender centaury- Banching centaury

herbariaUses

medicinal

GlobalDistribution

Mediterranean, W Europe to China

Chorology

ME + IR - TR + ER - SR

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

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

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

Batanouny, K.H. 1999. wild Medicinal Plants in Egypt: 168, pl.38-39. Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt.IUCN, Switzerland, Cairo, Egypt