Herbaria

Family

Caryophyllaceae

subfamily

Caryophylloideae

Genus

Silene L.

Species

Silene chirensis A.Rich.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

A.Rich.

citation

Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 44 (1847)

herbariaSynonyms

Silene burchellii Otth ex DC. var. schweinfurthii (Rohrb.) Täck. & Boulos

Silene schweinfurthii Rohrb.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Ge)

CAIM(Ge)

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herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

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herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

Habitat

Sandy and rocky soils

FlFrperiod

Febraury-March

LifeForm

Therophyte

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

EnglishName

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritria and Arabia.

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 Unpublished M.Sc.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.