Herbaria

Family

Caryophyllaceae

subfamily

Caryophylloideae

Genus

Silene L.

Species

Silene vulgaris (Moench) Gärcke

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(Moench) Gärcke

citation

Fl. N.-Mitt.-Deutschland ed. 9:64(1869)

herbariaSynonyms

Cucubalus behen L. --- Behen vulgaris Moench --- Silene inflata (Salisb.) Sm.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm)

CAIM (Mm)

CAIA (Mm)

herbariaSubLocality

Burj El-Arab (Burj El-Arab stadium)

herbariaDetailedLocality

CAIA (Burj El-Arab stadium) N: 29° 43' 57.745'' E: 31° 0' 23.449''

Burj El-Arab (Burj El-Arab stadium) N: 29° 43' 57.702'' E: 30° 22' 24.706''

herbariaDate

23 / 3 / 2014

herbariaCollector

Dr. Mohamed Othman

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

CAIA

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAIA(1)

Habitat

Cultivated plots,fallow land & road-sides

FlFrperiod

March - July

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

EnglishName

White Bladder campion

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

North Africa, Europe, S. W. Asia

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

LC

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 Unpublished M.Sc.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.