Silene_flavescens

<i>Silene flavescens</i>

Silene flavescens

A type of flowering plant

Silene flavescens are flowering plants part of the genus Silene, family Caryophyllaceae. They are widely distributed and are found in the northern hemisphere.[1] They are native to Hungary and the Balkan Peninsula. It is an herbaceous species belonging to the tribe Sileneae

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Silene flavescens stub flower leaf arrangement. Palmately compound leaf.

Description

They can be found in the serpentine areas of the Rhodope mountains. They are native to Mt Orvilos on the southern Green flank of the mountain. It also appears on the Bulgarian side of Mt Slavjanka. The stub has been collected in northern most Greece since 1977. Their flowering period is from mid-April to early May. Petal limb ranges from 3 to 6 millimeters. The length of the anthophore is between 1 and 2 millimeters. The plant lacks glandular hairs and the stamens are included.

Life Cycle

Mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes are inherited maternally.

Terrain of Silene flavescens stub that is mountainous and rocky
Leaves follow an alternate leaf pattern. A single leaf rising from node.

References

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      "Catalogue of Life - 2014 Annual Checklist :: Species details". www.catalogueoflife.org.
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      "Silene flavescens". www.cabi.org. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
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      "Silene flavescens Waldst. & Kit. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
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      "Earth.com". Earth.com. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
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      Greuter, Werner (1995). "Studies in Greek Caryophylloideae: Agrostemma, Silene, and Vaccaria". Willdenowia. 25 (1): 105–142. ISSN 0511-9618. JSTOR 3996977.
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      Pavlova, Dolja (2007-12-07). "A new species of Aethionema (Brassicaceae) from the Bulgarian flora: A NEW SPECIES OF AETHIONEMA". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 155 (4): 533–540. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00722.x.
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      Sloan, Daniel B.; Oxelman, Bengt; Rautenberg, Anja; Taylor, Douglas R. (2009-10-31). "Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial substitution rate variation in the angiosperm tribe Sileneae". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9 (1): 260. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-260. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 2777880. PMID 19878576.


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