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Pteranthus dichotomus (Pteranthus) |
Pteranthus dichotomus (CARYOPHYLLACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Pteranthus dichotomusForsskal
Published in Fl. Aegypt. lxii & 36 (1775) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Caryophyllaceae
Juss. (The Pink or Carnation Family)
39 species from the Caryophyllaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Pteranthus | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Fleshy annual herb; stems 10-20 cm, procumbent to ascending, articulate at the nodes. Leaves linear, subverticillate; stipules minute, lanceolate. Flowers sessile, in groups of 3, situated at the apex of an oblanceolate, swollen, hollow, compressed peduncle, the 2 lateral flowers sterile; each flower situated between 2 minutely glandular bracts with spirally arranged curved spines. Petals absent; stamens 4; styles 2. Capsule indehiscent, 1-seeded, enclosed in the spiny bracts and borne on the persistent, compressed, inflated, wing-like peduncle, the whole 'fruit' 12-20 mm. |
Distributional range: |
S.E. Spain Malta |
Native region outside Europe: |
(N. Africa, S.W. Asia.) |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ab(A) Ag dCa(F L) Cy Eg Hs(S) IJ Li LS Ma dSi Si(M) Sn Tn |
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