Flora

Silene vivianii Steud.

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Flowering Time: Jan-Mar.

General Appearance

Silene vivianii Steud. // Infraspecifics: Silene vivianii ssp. vivianii, it is an annual, ascending to erect, up to 30 cm tall, non-viscid, retrorsely appressed puberulent to pubescent herb. Leaves linear-lanceolate to setaceous, up to 4 cm long, densely to sparsely antrorse hairy, plicate, connate-vaginate at the base, acute. Flowers pinkish-white, c. 1.5-2 cm across, in terminal, scorpioid monochasial cymes; pedicels mostly shorter than bracts and much shorter than calyx, hairy; bracts unequal. linear-setose, ciliate. Calyx tube cylindrical-sub clavate at anthesis, 11-15 mm long, clavate and umbilicate in fruit. 10-nerved, pubescent or puberulent, nerves green; teeth oblong-lanceolate, c. 3 mm long, ± acute, ciliate on white margins. Petal limb 1-10 mm long, deeply bipartite into divergent, linear-oblong lobes with dark veins below; claws white, ± exserted, glabrous or sparsely pubescent at the base; coronal scales ovate, less than 1 mm long, obtuse. Stamens 10, filaments filiform, glabrous, included; anthers oblong, 1-1.5 mm long. Ovary oblong-cylindrical, longer than the hairy stipe; styles filiform, included in the calyx; carpophore as long as or slightly shorter than capsule, retrorse-pubescent.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is N. Africa to Arabian Peninsula, E. Medit to W. Iran.

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158665-1

Link of images: https://flora.org.il/en/plants/silviv/, https://atlas-sahara.org/Caryophyllaceae/Silene%20vivianii/Silene%20vivianii.html, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/caryophyllaceae/silene-vivianii

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158665-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/158665-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000440185, https://www.gbif.org/species/7267967, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/134628/silene-vivianii-steud, https://atlas-sahara.org/Caryophyllaceae/Silene%20vivianii/Silene%20vivianii.html, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/caryophyllaceae/silene-vivianii, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/silene_vivianii/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/silviv/

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Caryophyllaceae Vol. (59) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 94.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

An-updated-checklist-and-quantitative-analysis-of-the-Marmarica-Plateau-flora-مضغوط

Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya

Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020

El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wz8jpkIAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALTsoucAAAAJ&hl=en, https://journals.uob.edu.ly/index.php/sjuob/issue/view/71

Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. 2010

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).

El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic).

EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 197 – under: Silene ligulata Viv https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica