Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Bidens// Species: Bidens tripartitus L. Determined according to the botanical key provided by Tutin (1976 in Tutin et al.). Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Distribution: Native to the Temperate Northern Hemisphere- North America, Eurasia, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (RoyalContinue reading “Bidens tripartitus L.”
Category Archives: Plant families
Lomelosia argentea (L.) Greuter & Burdet
Taxonomy: Fam. Dipsacaceae// Genus: Lomelosia// Species: Lomelosia argentea (L.) Greuter & Burdet. Determined as Scabiosa argentea L., Sp. Pl. 100 (1753) according to the botanical key provided in Jasiewicz in Tutin et al.(1976). This accepted name in The Euro+Med Plant Base (Domina, 2017+) is Lomelosia argentea (L.) Greuter & Burdet in Willdenowia 15: 73. 1985.Continue reading “Lomelosia argentea (L.) Greuter & Burdet”
Carduus acanthoides L.
Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Carduus// Species: Carduus acanthoides L. Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Gajić in Josifović (1975) and Verloove, F. (2014). The plants from Osogovo deviate from the concept by Amaral Franco (1976 in Tutin et al.) where the apical spine is said to be up to 5 mm long and headsContinue reading “Carduus acanthoides L.”
Silene gigantea subsp. rhodopea (Janka) Greuter
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”
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”
Oenothera biennis L.
Dianthus cruentus Griseb.
Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Dianthus// Species: Dianthus cruentus Griseb. Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Tutin in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski (1993). Distribution: Balkan Peninsula to Caucasusu and Iran according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Habitat: Found in grasslands andContinue reading “Dianthus cruentus Griseb.”
Lythrum salicaria L.
Taxonomy: Fam. Lythraceae// Genus: Lythrum // Species: Lythrum salicaria L. Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Webb in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski in Micevski (2001). Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Distribution: Native to Temperate Eurasia, Northwest Africa, Ethiopia, Australia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal BotanicContinue reading “Lythrum salicaria L.”
Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják (Scirpus holoschoenus L.)
Taxonomy: Fam. Cyperaceae// Genus: Scirpus// Species: Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják(L.) R. Br. Determined according to the botanical key provided by DeFilipps in Tutin et al. (1980) as Scirpus holoschoenus L., Sp. Pl. 49 (1753). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (Jiménez-Mejías & Luceño, 2011+) is Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják in Sborn. Nár. Mus. V Praze, RadaContinue reading “Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják (Scirpus holoschoenus L.)”