Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Silene// Species: Silene gigantea L.// Subspecies: Silene gigantea subsp. rhodopea (Janka) Greuter. Synonyms: Silene gigantea var. incana (Griseb.) Chowdhuri, Silene gigantea var. rhodopea (Janka.) D. Jord. et P. Pan., Silene rhodopea Janka. Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Chater and Walters in Tutin et al., 1964 (Silene gigantea var. incana (Griseb.)Continue reading “Silene gigantea subsp. rhodopea (Janka) Greuter”
Monthly Archives: November 2020
Dianthus giganteus d’Urv.
Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Dianthus// Species: D. giganteus d’Urv. Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Tutin in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski (1993). Distribution: Southeast Europe (Balkan Peninsula and Romania) according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Also native to Turkey according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011+). Lifeform: Perennial;Continue reading “Dianthus giganteus d’Urv.”
Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski
Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Taeniatherum// Species: Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski. Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Tutin (Graminae – key to genera) and Humphries (Taeniatherum Nevski) in Tutin et al. (1980). Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Distribution: Native from South Central Europe to the Mediterranean, East European Russia, Pakistan and Arabian Peninsula according to theContinue reading “Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski”