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Published In: Species Plantarum 970. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Project data     (Last Modified On 2/22/2012)
Nomenclature:

Cynomorium coccineum L., Sp. Pl. 970 (1753); Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 1072 (1879). Type: Habitat in Sicilia, Melita Mauritama parasiticum terrestre, Herb. Linn. no. 1084.1 (LINN). [Plate 54]

Common name:

Scarlet Cynomorium; טופל אדום

Habitat:

Root-parasite on trees and shrubs of salty marshes and dry salty desert soils, such as Atriplex, Tamarix, etc.. Samaria, N, W. and S. Negev, Negev Highlands, Lower Jordan Valley, Judean Desert, Arava Valley, Golan, deserts of Edom. Uncommon.

Area distribution:

Mediterranean, Irano-Turanian and Saharo-Arabian.

Notes:

Probably fly-pollinated.


 

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     Fleshy perennial, up to 30 cm., with branching rootstock. Stems unbranched, cylindrical, reddish, with few deciduous scales, ending in a long, thick, club-shaped spike. Cymes confluent, covering the surface of the spike. Bracts peltate, at first imbricated, then remote, deciduous. Staminate flowers usually sessile on common receptacle. Pistillate and hermaphrodite flowers usually in cymes. Fl. April-July. 2n = 28, karyotype bimodal.

 
 
 
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