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Flora of Turkey, Volume 8
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1. Canna red, smooth; stigma glabrous. Ovary ovoid-globose, c. 4.5 mm, verrucose. Capsule warty, 1.5-2.5 x 1-1.5 em, dull purplish-red, disintegrating to release seeds. Seeds globose, 0.8-1 em, dull blackish-brown. Fl. 8-9. Cultivated in public parks and gardens. Described from Carolina, Florida (Hb. B-Willd. 1, photo!). Mainly in larger cities of S. & W. Turkey. A2(A) Istanbul: ~inarcik, Tuzlaci (ISTE 49920)! B 1 Izmir: Izmir, Kiiltiirpark, Tuzlaci obs. C4 Antalya: Alanya, 5 m, Vura11980a, photo! Native to tropical America and W. Indies. *2. C. indica L., Sp. Pl. 1 (1753). Ic: Gartenflora 38: t. 1303 (1889);Graf, Tropica 288-289 (1978). Like C. variabilis but bracts 16-18 x 2 em; bracteoles narrowly elliptic-ovate, 2.5-3.5 x 1 em, reddish, pruinose; sepals lanceolate, 2.5-3 x 0.5-1 em, pruinose, acute; petals erect, lanceolate, 6 x 0.5-1 em, acuminate; staminodes 4, con-colorous or variously marked and coloured, broadly obovate to almost orbic-ular, 8-10 x 34 em; half-fertile stamen narrower, clawed, anther to 1.5 em, yellow; ovary globose, 8 mm, red pruinose or green, verrucose; style linear-lanceolate, to 6 em, glabrous. Fl. 5-10. Cultivated, s.l.-1050 m. Described from tropical Asia, Africa and America (Hb. Linn. 1/1 !). With the possible exception of C. variabilis which can be distinguished by its 3 staminodes, all other widely planted Turkish Cannas are derived from hybrid stock with either C. indica or C. jlaccida Salisb. dominant. Cytological studies should prove useful in determining their origins. C. indica itself is nat-ive to tropical America and theW. Indies. Cv. 'Victor Hugo' with scarlet sep-als, petals, staminodes and fruits is grown in nearly every public park and gar-den in Turkey (A7 Trabzon: Trabzon, Karadeniz Teknik Universitesi, Kit-Tan obs.; Bl Izmir: Kar~yaka, Leblebici obs.; C4 Antalya: Alanya, 5 m, Vural 1980! & photo!); 'Guillaume Coustou' has greenish-yellow sepals, petals and large yellow, spotted or blotched crimson staminodes (A2(A) Istanbul: Istan-bul Universitesi, Tuzlaci (ISTE 49921)! Bl Izmir: Izmir, Kiiltiirpark, Tuzlaci obs. B4 Ankara: Ankara, Kit-Tan obs.); 'Rigoletto' is a pure yellow Canna with green fruits (C4 Konya: Konyapark, Kit-Tanobs.; Vurall980b, photo!); 'King Humbert', a very beautiful cultivar with bronze-red leaves and large orange-red staminodes, is frequently used for beds and large borders in parks and streets for the effect of its foliage and flowers. In addition, there are numerous other complex vari-coloured hybrids which have been collectively grouped as C. x generalis Bailey and C. x orchidioides Bailey. The latter involve C. flaccida hybrids in their origin and show the distinctive broadly or~.icular, floppy wavy-margined staminodes of that species (B4 Nilde: Ko~llli D.U.~ .• Kit-Tan & Vurall539a, photo! C4 Konya: Konya, 1050 m, Vural 1979! & photo!). 132. P A L M A E (Arecaceae) Shrubs or trees with cylindrical, usually unbranched stems. Leaves large, persis-tent, petiolate, plicate, each with a conspicuous sheath. Inflorescence simple or branched (ultimdte flower-bearing ramifications termed spikes), enveloped [37]
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1. Canna red, smooth; stigma glabrous. Ovary ovoid-globose, c. 4.5 mm, verrucose. Capsule warty, 1.5-2.5 x 1-1.5 em, dull purplish-red, disintegrating to release seeds. Seeds globose, 0.8-1 em, dull blackish-brown. Fl. 8-9. Cultivated in public parks and gardens. Described from Carolina, Florida (Hb. B-Willd. 1, photo!). Mainly in larger cities of S. & W. Turkey. A2(A) Istanbul: ~inarcik, Tuzlaci (ISTE 49920)! B 1 Izmir: Izmir, Kiiltiirpark, Tuzlaci obs. C4 Antalya: Alanya, 5 m, Vura11980a, photo! Native to tropical America and W. Indies. *2. C. indica L., Sp. Pl. 1 (1753). Ic: Gartenflora 38: t. 1303 (1889);Graf, Tropica 288-289 (1978). Like C. variabilis but bracts 16-18 x 2 em; bracteoles narrowly elliptic-ovate, 2.5-3.5 x 1 em, reddish, pruinose; sepals lanceolate, 2.5-3 x 0.5-1 em, pruinose, acute; petals erect, lanceolate, 6 x 0.5-1 em, acuminate; staminodes 4, con-colorous or variously marked and coloured, broadly obovate to almost orbic-ular, 8-10 x 34 em; half-fertile stamen narrower, clawed, anther to 1.5 em, yellow; ovary globose, 8 mm, red pruinose or green, verrucose; style linear-lanceolate, to 6 em, glabrous. Fl. 5-10. Cultivated, s.l.-1050 m. Described from tropical Asia, Africa and America (Hb. Linn. 1/1 !). With the possible exception of C. variabilis which can be distinguished by its 3 staminodes, all other widely planted Turkish Cannas are derived from hybrid stock with either C. indica or C. jlaccida Salisb. dominant. Cytological studies should prove useful in determining their origins. C. indica itself is nat-ive to tropical America and theW. Indies. Cv. 'Victor Hugo' with scarlet sep-als, petals, staminodes and fruits is grown in nearly every public park and gar-den in Turkey (A7 Trabzon: Trabzon, Karadeniz Teknik Universitesi, Kit-Tan obs.; Bl Izmir: Kar~yaka, Leblebici obs.; C4 Antalya: Alanya, 5 m, Vural 1980! & photo!); 'Guillaume Coustou' has greenish-yellow sepals, petals and large yellow, spotted or blotched crimson staminodes (A2(A) Istanbul: Istan-bul Universitesi, Tuzlaci (ISTE 49921)! Bl Izmir: Izmir, Kiiltiirpark, Tuzlaci obs. B4 Ankara: Ankara, Kit-Tan obs.); 'Rigoletto' is a pure yellow Canna with green fruits (C4 Konya: Konyapark, Kit-Tanobs.; Vurall980b, photo!); 'King Humbert', a very beautiful cultivar with bronze-red leaves and large orange-red staminodes, is frequently used for beds and large borders in parks and streets for the effect of its foliage and flowers. In addition, there are numerous other complex vari-coloured hybrids which have been collectively grouped as C. x generalis Bailey and C. x orchidioides Bailey. The latter involve C. flaccida hybrids in their origin and show the distinctive broadly or~.icular, floppy wavy-margined staminodes of that species (B4 Nilde: Ko~llli D.U.~ .• Kit-Tan & Vurall539a, photo! C4 Konya: Konya, 1050 m, Vural 1979! & photo!). 132. P A L M A E (Arecaceae) Shrubs or trees with cylindrical, usually unbranched stems. Leaves large, persis-tent, petiolate, plicate, each with a conspicuous sheath. Inflorescence simple or branched (ultimdte flower-bearing ramifications termed spikes), enveloped [37]
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE v
  3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
  4. CONTENTS ix
  5. LIST OF MAPS x
  6. LIST OF FIGURES xv
  7. ABBREVIATIONS xix
  8. FLORA
  9. Key to the Families 1
  10. 119. BUTOMACEAE 3
  11. 120. ALISMATACEAE 5
  12. 121. HYDR0CHARITACEAE 10
  13. 122. JUNCAGINACEAE 13
  14. 123.NAJADACEAE 15
  15. 124. POTAMOGETONACEAE 17
  16. 125. RUPPIACEAE 28
  17. 126. ZANNICHELLIACEAE 30
  18. 127. ZOSTERACEAE 32
  19. 128. CYMODOCEACEAE 33
  20. 129. POSIDONIACEAE 34
  21. 130. MUSACEAE 35
  22. 131. CANNACEAE 36
  23. 132. PALMAE (Arecaceae) 37
  24. 133. ARACEAE 41
  25. 134. LEMNACEAE 64
  26. 135. LILIACEAE 67
  27. 136. AMARYLLIDACEAE 358
  28. 137. IRIDACEAE 381
  29. 138. ORCHIDACEAE 450
  30. 139. DIOSCOREACEAE 552
  31. 140.COMMELINACEAE 554
  32. 141. SPARGANIACEAE 555
  33. 142. TYPHACEAE 558
  34. ADDENDUM 563
  35. Map Section 565
  36. INDEX 601
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE v
  3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
  4. CONTENTS ix
  5. LIST OF MAPS x
  6. LIST OF FIGURES xv
  7. ABBREVIATIONS xix
  8. FLORA
  9. Key to the Families 1
  10. 119. BUTOMACEAE 3
  11. 120. ALISMATACEAE 5
  12. 121. HYDR0CHARITACEAE 10
  13. 122. JUNCAGINACEAE 13
  14. 123.NAJADACEAE 15
  15. 124. POTAMOGETONACEAE 17
  16. 125. RUPPIACEAE 28
  17. 126. ZANNICHELLIACEAE 30
  18. 127. ZOSTERACEAE 32
  19. 128. CYMODOCEACEAE 33
  20. 129. POSIDONIACEAE 34
  21. 130. MUSACEAE 35
  22. 131. CANNACEAE 36
  23. 132. PALMAE (Arecaceae) 37
  24. 133. ARACEAE 41
  25. 134. LEMNACEAE 64
  26. 135. LILIACEAE 67
  27. 136. AMARYLLIDACEAE 358
  28. 137. IRIDACEAE 381
  29. 138. ORCHIDACEAE 450
  30. 139. DIOSCOREACEAE 552
  31. 140.COMMELINACEAE 554
  32. 141. SPARGANIACEAE 555
  33. 142. TYPHACEAE 558
  34. ADDENDUM 563
  35. Map Section 565
  36. INDEX 601
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