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Vicia hyrcanica FISCH. ET MEY. |
Vicia L. |
| V.hyrcanica Fisch. & Mey. in Ind. Sem. Horti Petrop. 2:53 (1835). Syn: V. biebersteinii C. A. Meyer, Verz. Pfl. Cauc. 147 (1831) non Bess, ex Bieb. (1819); V. jaubertii Boiss. & Buhse, Aufz. Transcauc. Pfl. 71 (1860); V. formosa Schischkin in Ber. Tomsker Staats-Univ. 80:486 (1928). Ic: Fl. Azerb. 5: t. 45 (1954). Map 63, p. 309. Glabrescent annual, 20-90 cm, climbing-erect. Leaflets (4-)5-S-paired, (8-)10- 35 x(2-)3-12 mm, linear to oblong or elliptic, truncate to emarginate; stipules minute, semi-sagittate to ovate; tendrils branched. Peduncle shorter than the 1-2-flowers. Flowers (16-)17-20(-25) mm, yellowish. Calyx 7-12 mm, gibbous, with an oblique mouth, glabrous to sparingly pilose; teeth as long as or shorter than tube, unequal, subulate. Standard with limb slightly shorter than claw, dark-veined. Legume 21-40x8-12 mm, oblong-linear, subcompressed, shortly beaked, glabrous. Seeds (2-)3-6, hilum 1/8-1/7 of perimeter. 2n = 12. Fl. 4-6. Cultivated and fallow fields, irrigated land, 1100-2440 m. Type: Caucasia, Hohenacker 280 (LE!). C. & E. Anatolia, local. A5 Çorum: Alaca to Sungurlu, 1100 m, Coode & Jones 1678! A8/B8 Erzurum: Kop Da. pass, 2440 m, Fıırse 3726! B8 Erzurum: 36 miles N of Hinis, 1750 m, M. Zohary 5711024! Siirt: Delan Dere, 10 km S W of Mukus, 1700 m, Frödin 308. B9 Bitlis: Tatvan to Gevaş, 15 km E of Tatvan, 1760 m, Tong 259! Muş: Murat çay nr. Malazgirt, 1500 m, 10 & 25 vi 1916, Schischkin (type of V. formosa). Iran, N. Iraq, Caucasia, C. Asia. Ir.-Tur. element. V. hyrcanica comprises two extreme forms: specimens with calyx teeth c. as long as tube, and specimens with calyx teeth shorter than tube. Intermediates with V. noeana have been found in S.E. Anatolia and N. Iraq. |