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Pteranthus dichotomus (Pteranthus) |
Pteranthus dichotomus (CARYOPHYLLACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands 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.) |
No Main Synonyms |
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 ( annual plants, herbaceous )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021) |
Red List (1989) : |
Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.) |
Flowering Time : |
March – June |
Colour of Flowers: |
Inconspicuous |
Name Derivation : |
Pteranthus:
dichotomus: forked in pairs, repeatedly dividing into pairs of branches. (Latin origin )
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Description, Habitat 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.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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Ab(A) Ag dCa(F L) Cy Eg Hs(S) IJ Li LS Ma dSi Si(M) Sn Tn |
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
