Table 1: Morphological comparison of Dianthus marinae with two related taxa. Differential characters are underlined.
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D. marinae |
D. orientalis subsp. nassireddini |
D. crinitus subsp. crinitus |
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Stems |
45-50 cm tall, glabrous |
15-20 cm tall, glabrous |
20-40 cm tall, glabrous to sometimes densely puberulent or scabrid |
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Basal leaves |
35-40 mm long, with scabrid margins, sometimes glabrous towards to acuminate or acute apex |
to 60 mm long, glabrous |
to 80 mm long, glabrous |
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Bracteoles |
6, with a narrow membranous-fimbriate at margin; inner bracteoles cuspidate, outer ones aristate to subaristate |
(4-)6(-8), loose and irregular imbricate with entire or erose membranous at margin; inner bracteoles aristate, outer ones to cuspidate-aristate |
4-6 (-8), with entire or erose membranous at margin; inner bracteoles aristate, outer ones to acute to mucronate |
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Calyx |
17-18 mm long, glabrous to faintly puberulent, with ca. 25 inconspicuous veins |
16-30 mm long, glabrous, with 35-45 veins |
23-35 mm long, with more nerved |
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Teeth of calyx |
ca. 1 mm long, shortly ciliate |
5-9 mm, glabrous |
5-12 mm long, and ciliate at margin |
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Lamina of petal |
8-10 mm long, glabrous, deeply fimbriate-laciniate to ½; claw no exserted |
6.5-8.5(-10) mm, barbulate, deeply fimbriate-laciniate to ¼ to ½ ; claw no exserted |
ca. 10 mm, ebarbulate, fimbriate to below the middle or near the base into numerous filiform segments; claw exserted |