Herbaria

Family

Caryophyllaceae

subfamily

Caryophylloideae

Genus

Silene L.

Species

Silene alexandrina (Asch.) Danin

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(Asch.) Danin

citation

Israel J. Bot. 36:65(1987)

herbariaSynonyms

Silene apetala Willd. var. alexandrina Aschers.

DiagnosticCharacters

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CAI (Mm)

CAIM (Mm)

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herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

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herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

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herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

Habitat

Sandy and Rocky habitats

FlFrperiod

Febraury - May

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Annual

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EnglishName

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

Mediterranean region, West Asia, introduced into tropical Africa.

Chorology

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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 Unpublished M.Sc.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.