Plant Diversity ›› 1994, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (02): 1-3.

• Articles •    

THREE NEW SECTION OF CHINENSE SILENE

TANG Chang-Lin   

  1. Institute for drug Control of Mianyang City
  • Online:1994-04-25 Published:1994-04-25

Abstract: Flores hermaphroditi, erecti in thyrsum e cymis longiore pedunculatis, oppositis vel alternatis, 3- 7-floribus vel raro in corymbum confertim dispositi; calyces tubulares longiores, nervis 10 longitudinalibus; Androgynophora longitudine fructum fere aequantia vel superantia; petala pallidorubra, limbis bilobatis, raro multipartitis; coronae manifestae, raro nullae; styli 3. Semina reniformia, in dorso canaliculata. Herba perennis, radice lignoscenti. Caules laxe caespitosi. Folia basalia subanthesin marcida; caulina numerosa, ex axillis foliorum ramulos foliates steriles emittentia.

Key words: Caryophyllaceae