Herbaria

Family

Caryophyllaceae

subfamily

Caryophylloideae

Genus

Silene L.

Species

Silene conoidea L. var. conoidea

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

conoidea

Authority

L.

citation

Sp. Pl. , ed.1:418(1753)

herbariaSynonyms

Cucubalus conoideus (L.) Lam.

Pleconax conoidea (L.) Sourk.

Conosilene conoidea (L.) Fourr.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Nv, Dg)

CAIM (Nv, S)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

Habitat

Sandy & reclaimed soils

FlFrperiod

February - May

LifeForm

Therophyte

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

زعفر Za'far

EnglishName

Conoid catchfly

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

North Africa, S. Europe, W. Asia eastwards to Pakistan & India

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. (2000)

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 Unpublished M.Sc.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.