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Arum elongatum STEVEN subsp. elongatum STEVEN |
 Arum elongatum STEVEN subsp. elongatum STEVEN |
Arum L. |
| A. elongatum Steven in Bull. Sbc. Nat. Mosc. 30(3):67 (1857). subsp. detruncatum (C.A. Meyer ex Schott) H. Riedl in Rech. fil., Fİ. Iranica l:5 (1963). Syn: A. detruncatum C.A. Meyer ex Schott, Prodr. Aroid. 80 (1860);/!. orientale Bieb. subsp. detruncatum (C.A. Meyer ex Schott) Engler, Pflanzenreich 73 (IV.23F): 81 (1920). Ic: Riedl, Fl. Iranica 1: t. I (1963) -photo, of drawing of type. Map 4.
Tuber vertical. Petiole of leaves 14-30 cm. Lamina oblong-hastate with rather short but distinct lateral lobes, 8-16 χ 4-11.5 cm, unspotted, obtuse or acute. Scape 14-45 cm, 0.5-1.5 χ petioles. Spathe 11.5-25 χ 1-3.5 cm, narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, green, ± tinged purple outside, green inside, •usually becoming deep purple, rarely whitish; tube 2-4.5 cm, pure white inside, without purple band. Spadix 8-18.5 cm, subequal to spathe or slightly shorter. Female zone (7-)10-25 mm .lower sterile zone (4.5-)5-9.5 mm; male zone (3-) 3.5-6 mm. Sterile filaments purple or violet, very rarely yellowish, lower 2.5-7(-8) mm, upper 2-6 mm. Appendix 6-13 cm, shortly stipitate;club long and rather stout (but less broad than in A. conophalloides), violet, becoming livid or brownish when old, 5-12 x 1.3-7(-13) mm. Fl. 5-7. Limestone and serpentine rocks and slopes, steppe^ Juniperus scrub, 400-1800 m. Type: [ USSR, Azerbaijani in rapestr. ad Schahbulagh, Szovits (LE). Inner Anatolia. A2(A) Bilecik: Bilecik, 400 m, D. 42146! A3 Bolu: Bolu to Uluhan, 700 m, Akman 9403! A4 Bolu: Safranbolu, Wiedemann! A5 Kastamonu: Tosya, Giaurtschaidere (Gavur Çay De.), Sint. 1892:4053b! A6 Tokat: Artova, Sutluca köyü, 1250 m, Ilarslan 352! A6/7 Sivas: "collines dominant la vallee des mouMns" (nr Değirmentaş), 9 iv 1892, Fr. Girard! A9 Kars: Kağızman nr Araş, 1800 m, Yürül (EGE 16628)! B3 Afyon: Sultan Da. above Derecine, 1200 m, A. Baytop (İSTE 29057 - spathe whitish inside)! B4 Ankara: Elma Da., 1800 m, 7 vii 1940, Romieux! B5 Yozgat: Kisge at W. foot of Bakir Da., 1300 m, D. 19235! B6 Yozgat: Akdagmadeni to Yıldızeli, 1300 m, Ekim 5034! B7Malatya: Malatya, 1400m, Balls 2286! B9 Van: Van G., 5 kın S. of Sivekar, 1750m, Petterson (Watson et al. 1408)! C2 Antalya: Susuz Da., 1400 m, Sorger 65-24-74! C3 İsparta: Dedegöl Da., 1600 m, Sor-ger 66-46-65! C4 Konya: Ermenek to Hadim, Attila 82! Outside Anatolia, known only from the type gathering, of which I have seen only the cited illustration. fr.-Tur. element. Very variable in size of spathe and spadix, specimens with stouter appendices approaching A. conophalloides. The significance of this variation is difficult to assess, but at present it does not seem appropriate to give formal names to the distinct local populations which exist. A specimen from C10 Hakkari: Ümit Tepesi, 1600 m, T. Baytop (İSTE 26075)! in anomalous in having an exceptionally narrow spathe. There are two literature records of "A. elongatum" from B9 Muş (Later to Egurt-Gemaz, II vi 1916, Schischkin) and B10 Agri (Klyczgeduk, 24 ν 1916, Schischkin). These may refer either to subsp. detruncatum or to A, cono-phalhides. True subsp. elongatum has not been recorded from Turkey. However, a specimen from B2 Uşak (Murat Da., nr Gürlek, Pinar çayiri, 1100 m, A. Baytop (İSTE 39431)! has a spathe and spadix almost identical to a specimen of subsp. elongatum collected by Davis in the Crimea (d. Yalta, Nikita, 100 m, D. 33112!)· It is not clear whether they are the same taxon. Distribution of species: Ukraine, Crimea, ?Balkans (subsp. elongatum), Iran (subspp. detruncatum, elongatum, engleri (Hausskn.) H. Riedl). |