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Dianthus superbus L.

This species name was first published in Amoen. Acad. 4: 272. 1759.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000644338.

Synonyms of Dianthus superbus L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Plumaria superba (L.) Opiz Seznam: 75. 1852. wfo-0000395782
Plumaria revoluta (Tausch) Opiz Seznam: 75. 1852. wfo-0000395784
Silene superba (L.) E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. 5: 116. 1901. wfo-0000440136
Caryophyllus superbus (L.) Moench Methodus: 59. 1794. wfo-0000588908
Cylichnanthus fimbriatus (Lam.) Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 262. 1867. wfo-0000632231
Dianthus contortus Sm. Cycl.: 11. 1808. wfo-0000643371
Dianthus fimbriatus Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 538. 1779. wfo-0000643501
Dianthus multifidus Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 162. 1782. wfo-0000643901
Dianthus plumarius Gunnerus ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 379. 1825. wfo-0000644028
Dianthus revolutus Tausch in Flora 13: 245. 1830. wfo-0000644146
Dianthus schizopetalus Wallr. in Linnaea 14: 570. 1840. wfo-0000644207
Dianthus superbus f. leucanthus T.Shimizu in J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 37: 120. 1989. wfo-0000644343
Dianthus superbus subsp. norvegicus M.Kuzmina Fl. Vostoch. Evropy 11: 294. 2004. wfo-0000644347
Dianthus szechuensis F.N.Williams in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 34: 428. 1899. wfo-0000644376
Dianthus wimmeri Wich. in Jahresber. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult. 1854: 75. 1854. wfo-0000644486
Dianthus superbus f. albiflorus Iljinski in Trudy Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 14: 25. 1915. wfo-0000745946
Dianthus superbus var. superbus wfo-0001238589
Dianthus superbus f. albiflorus Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 52: 140. 1938. wfo-0001302791
Dianthus superbus f. albiflorus Tatew. Veg. Shikotan Is.: 32. 1940. wfo-0001302792
Dianthus superbus f. albus Popov in Konspekt Fl. Pober. Baikal: 213. 1966. wfo-0001436338
Dianthus superbus subsp. silvestris Čelak. Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 3: 508. 1875. wfo-0001436416
Dianthus superbus var. subobtusus Regel & Herder in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(1): 532. 1866. wfo-0001436490
Dianthus superbus var. rubicundus Ser. Prodr. 1: 365. 1824. wfo-0001436602

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link