Herbaria

Family

Caryophyllaceae

subfamily

Caryophylloideae

Genus

Silene L.

Species

Silene linearis Decne.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Decne.

citation

in Ann. Sci.Nat. ser. 2, 3:276(1835)

herbariaSynonyms

Silene arenosa K. Koch

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Di, Dg, S, Rz, Ra)

CAIM (Mm)

TANE (S-Da-Ge)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (48)

TANE (4)

Habitat

Desert and Steppes often on rochy soils

FlFrperiod

March-May

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

Obbeish: عبيش

EnglishName

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

E. Mediterranean, Jordan, & Syria

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) -

Hosni & al. (2013).

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 Unpublished M.Sc.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.

Hosni, H., Hosny, A., Shamso, E & Hamdy, R. (2013). Endemic and Near -Endemic Taxa in theFlora of Egypt. Egypt. J. Bot., Vol. 53 (2): 357-383.