Category Archives: Caryophyllaceae

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Minuartia// Species: Minuartia hybrida (Vill.) Schischk.// Subspecies: Minuartia hybrida (Vill.) Schischk. subsp. hybrida. Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1993) and Halliday in Tutin et al. (1964). Distribution: Minuartia hybrida (Vill.) is native from West and Central Europe to Central Asia and Pakistan, Mediterranean to Arabian Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by theContinue reading “Minuartia hybrida (Vill.) Schischk. subsp. hybrida”

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Silene// Species: Silene gallinyi Rchb. Determined according to the botanical key provided by Chater and Walters in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski (1993) as Silene trinervia Sebast. et Mauri, Fl. Roman. 152 (1818). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011+) is Silene gallinyi Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 815. 1832. Habitat: Open habitats – grasslands/Continue reading “Silene gallinyi Rchb. (syn. Silene trinervia Sebast. et Mauri)”

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Cerastium// Species: Cerastium pumilum Curtis// Subspecies: Cerastium pumilum subsp. glutinosum (Fr.) Jalas. Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski (1993) – species level; determined to subspecies level – Cerastium pumilum subsp. pallens (Schultz) Schinz et. Thell. according to Jalas; Sell and Whitehead in Tutin et al. (1964) and Gajić in Josifović (1970).Continue reading “Cerastium pumilum subsp. glutinosum (Fr.) Jalas (syn. Cerastium pumilum subsp. pallens (Schultz) Schinz et. Thell.)”

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Dianthus// Species: Dianthus carthusianorum L. Determined to species level according to the botanical keys provided by Gajić (1970 in Josifović) and Tutin (1964 in Tutin et al.) Variability: The populations from Osogovo correspond to the characteristics of D. carthusianorum var. sanguineus (Vis.) Gajić = D. sanguineus Vis. (Gajić, 1970 in Josifović). Distribution: D. carthusianorum is nativeContinue reading “Dianthus carthusianorum L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Minuartia// Species: Minuartia verna (L.) Hiern.// Subspecies: Minuartia verna subsp. collina (Neilr.) Domin. Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993). Distribution:  Native from Central Europe to Italy and the Balkan Penisula according to distribution information provided by The Euro+Med Plant Base (source: Marhold,Continue reading “Minuartia verna subsp. collina (Neilr.) Domin.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Silene// Species: Silene frivaldszkyana Hampe. Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993). Distribution: Native to the Balkan Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011+). Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Habitat: Open and dry terrains – grasslands/ pasturesContinue reading “Silene frivaldszkyana Hampe”

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Dianthus// Species: Dianthus deltoides L. Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Tutin in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski (1993). Note: One of the main taxonomic characteristics of D. deltoides is the shape of the leaves (leaf tip), with obtuse to subacute leaves of the vegetative shoots. The examined populationsContinue reading “Dianthus deltoides L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Velezia// Species: Velezia rigida L. Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993). Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean to Central Asia, Pakistan and Arabian Peninsula; Djibouti according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal – Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (acceptedContinue reading “Velezia rigida L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Silene// Species: Silene sendtneri Boiss.// Subspecies: Silene sendtneri subsp. balcanica (Formánek) Greuter. Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1993) as Silene roemeri subsp. balcanica Form., Ver. Nat. Ver. Brünn 36:98 (1892). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011+) is Silene sendtneri subsp. balcanica (Formánek) Greuter in Willdenowia 25: 119. 1995. Taxon variability:Continue reading “Silene sendtneri subsp.  balcanica (Formánek) Greuter (syn. Silene roemeri subsp. balcanica Form.)”

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Dianthus// Species: Dianthus illyricus (Ard.) Fassou & al.// Subspecies: Dianthus illyricus subsp. haynaldianus (Janka) Fassou & al. Determined according to the botanical key provided by Ball in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski in Micevski (1993) as Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana (Janka) P. W. Ball & Heywood, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Bot.) 3:134 (1964). TheContinue reading “Dianthus illyricus subsp. haynaldianus (Janka) Fassou & al. (syn. Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana (Janka) P. W. Ball & Heywood)”