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sparsely addressed hairs, petioles 1-4 cm long. Flower solitary, auxiliary, regular, about 5 co
cross. Pedicels 0.5-4 cm, 2-4.5 cm in fruit. Calyx 3-5 mm long, gamoselous, lobes 1-3 mm.
Fruiting calyx 20-35 mm long, inflated, 10 angled or 10 ribbed, with reticular veins. Corolla
yellowish, gamopetalous, infundibular – rotate, 4-10 (-12) mm long with indistinct purple –
brown spots at the center. Stemens 5, free, unspiral, anthers bluish or violet, 2-2.5 mm;
filaments slender, 3-4 mm. Ovary superior, with two united carpels. Berry globular, 10-15
mm in diameter, smooth, covered with inflated fruiting calyx, seeds many, yellowish,
flattened, ovate or broadly elliptic, sub smooth. Flowering time: September –November In
Syria.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Plant specimens were collected from Tishreen University, Restin, Qabu Sukas, Ras Al-
Basseet during the study Flora of Lattakia in 2011 (Figure 1). All places of collection are
belonging to Lattakia Province, the specimens were deposited at the herbarium of the
Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, Tishreen University, Lattakia - Syria.
Figue 1. Disribution of P. angulata in Syria.
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Figure 2. Habit of P. angulata
Figure 3. Flowers and fruits. Figure 4. fruits showing fruiting calyx
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The genus Physalis recorded in Syria by Post [16] and Mutterede [17] by two species P.
alkekengi and P. peruviana which were previously cultivated by farmers. Makhlouf [18]
collected specimens of the species under study and were identified as a genus Physalis sp
without determining the species.
In this work the specimens were re-described and compared with closely related species
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recorded in the neighboring countries, P. philadelphica [14] and identified as P. angulata
which differentiated from philadelphica by the following key characters [19].
+ Corlolla 4 – 10 mm long, infundibular – rotate to tubular – campanulate, unmarked or
bearing light spots at the center , slightly or not contrasting, anthers 2 – 2.5 mm, untwisted
or scarcely twisted after anthesis, berry yellow, 8 – 15 mm wide, flowering calyx 3 – 5 mm
long ................................................................................................................(angulata)
- Corolla 7 – 15 mm long, rotate to broadly campanulate, with 5 dark, strongly contrasting
spots at the center, Anthers 2.5–4 mm long, strongly twisted after anthesis, berry usually
purple or purple streaked, 12 – 40 mm wide, flowering calyx 5 – 7 (10) mm
long.................................................................................................................. (phildelphica)
P. angulata distributed naturally in central and south America and India as well as some
states of the USA [19] . P. angulata was identified as P. lanceifolia in 1951 [20]..
According
to Gleason [21] P. pendula and P. angulata were identified as two different species in 1958
[21]. Three varieties of P. angulata were recorded by Waterfall [22] in 1970, which are var.
angulata, var. lanceifolia and var. pendula. P. pendula were recorded as the var. angulata
in the eastern and southeast of U.S. in 1986 [23]. Finally P. lanceifolia and P. pendula were
recorded as synonyms of P. angulata in 1994 [24].
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