Pteranthus dichotomus Forssk.Species
  • Protologue : Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 62 (1775)
  • Status
  • NAaccepted, NF (present)
  • TAaccepted (present)
  • Map
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  • Ecology and Distribution :
  • Tropical Africa
    Biology :
    Annual herb with procumbent to ascending, repeatedly forked acaulescent by reduction; stem to 25 cm long.
    Ecology :
    Ecology unknown in W Sahara. N Africa; Malta; Cyprus; Middle East to Caucasus and Iran. The size of the plant varies tremendously according to the water avaible (fide Boulos).
  • Bibliography20
  • BATTANDIER, J.A & L.C. TRABUT (1888). Flore de l'Algérie [Dicot] - : 169 — under: Pteranthus echinatus Desf. 
    Expl. Sci. Tunisie, Cat. Pl. : 68 (1896). 
    Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: C.659, 175 (1929) 
    Prodr. Fl. Ciren. : (1931). 
    Cat. Pl. Maroc 2: 219 (1932). 
    Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 1: 315 (1962). 
    Fl. Afrique N. 9: 64 (1963). 
    Fl. Libya 37: 3 (1976).
    Fl. Tunisie [Pottier-Alapetite] 1: 98 (1979).
    Fl. Sahara (ed. 2) : 210 (1983).
    Med-Checklist 1: 243 (1984).
    Fl. Iberica 2: 138 (1990). 
    Fl. Eur., ed. 2 1: 184 (1993).
    Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295 (1993).
    Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 1: 90 (1999).
    Fl. Prat. Maroc 1: 192 (1999).
    Cat. Pl. Vasc. N. Maroc 1: 168 (2002) 
    Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: 125 (2005)
    Fl. Tunisie (Le Floc'h & Boulos) : 146 (2008). 
    IAMONICO D., I. FRIIS & AL. (2015). Nomenclatural notes on the genus Pteranthus (Caryophyllaceae) with lectotypifications of the names Camphorosma pteranthus and Pteranthus trigynus, and comments on Forsskaol’s seeds sent from Egypt - Taxon 64(4):  LT2
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