Table 1. Morphological comparison among S. penduliflora F in Two new chasmophytic species of Silene (Caryophyllaceae, sect. Siphonomorpha) from Iran

Table 1. Morphological comparison among S. penduliflora F.Jafari, Keshavarzi & Doostm. sp. nov., S. thyrsiantha F.Jafari, Mirtadz. & Keshavarzi sp. nov. and close relatives. Distinctive character states are shown in bold.
S. ghahremaninejadiiS. parrowianaS. thyrsianthaS. pendulifloraS. shahrudensisPlant lengthUp to 58 cmUp to 40 cm33.5‒35.5 cm29.5‒40.5 cm25‒35 cmStemyellowish-green,yellowish-green,pale green,pale green,pale green,puberulent withsubglaucous,glabrous, viscidglabrous, viscidglabrous, viscideglandular hairs inglabrous, non-above thelower parts, glabrousviscidmiddleand highly viscid aboveLeaf texturenon-fleshy, glabrousfleshy, glabrousalmost fleshy,non-fleshy,almostglabrous,glabrouscoriaceous,sometimes ciliateglabrous orscaberulousLeaf apexsubacuteacute, acuminateacute, acuminate,rounded and acuteroundedshortly mucronateand shortlysubcartila-ginous-mucronateBasal leaves5‒32 ×2‒4.5 mm,35‒47 × 5‒10 mm,14‒20 × 2.5‒4 mm,11‒60 × 2.5‒4 mm,15‒35 ×linear-lanceolate tooblanceolateoblanceolateoblanceolate2.5‒6 mm,broadly lanceolateoblanceolate-spathulateCauline leaveslanceolate to broadlyoblong to linearoblanceolate tooblanceolate tonarrowlylanceolatelinearlinearoblanceolate tolinear-spatulateSynflorescencelaxly thyrsoiddensely thyrsoid,thyrsoid with fewthyrsoidlaxly thyrsoidsubcapitate at topflowersPedicel length4‒5 mm1‒4 mm, shorter4.5‒16mm5‒9 mm6‒12 mmthan calyxCalyx length7‒9 mm(6)7‒8 mm8‒10 mm9‒11 mm8‒10 mmCalyx shapecylindricobconic-cylindricnarrow cylindriccylindricnarrow obconic-cylindricCalyx texturesubcoriaceouscoriaceouscoriaceouscoriaceouscoriaceousCalyx teethobtuse, scariousovate,acute, obtuse,acute, obtuse,acute ormarginsmembranousor triangular,or triangular,triangular,marginsmembranousmembranousmembranousmarginsmarginsmarginsPetal limb length2‒3 mmca 4 mm5‒5.5 mm5‒6 mmca 5 mmClaw indumentumglabrousciliateglabrousglabrousciliateAnthophore length2.5‒4 mm2‒3 mm3 mm3.5 mm3‒4 mmCapsule6.5‒7 ×2.5‒3 mm4‒4.5 × 3‒3.5 mm5.5‒6 × 3‒3.5 mm7.5‒9 × 4‒5.5 mm4‒6 × 3‒4 mm