Herbaria

Family

Caryophyllaceae

subfamily

Caryophylloideae

Genus

Silene L.

Species

Silene longipetala Vent.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Vent.

citation

Descr. Pl. Jard. Cels., 83(1802)

herbariaSynonyms

Silene ehrenbergiana Rorb.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm, Ms)

CAIM (Mm)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

Habitat

Open rocky ground

FlFrperiod

March - July

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

EnglishName

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

North Africa, East Mediterranean and Irano-Turanian regions.

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. (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 Unpublished M.Sc.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. (2000) Flora of Egypt, vol. 1. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.