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Silene himalayensis (Edgew.) Majumdar

This species name was first published in J. Indian Bot. Soc. 42: 648 (1964)  

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-0001292014.

Synonyms of Silene himalayensis (Edgew.) Majumdar

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lychnis macrorhiza Royle ex Benth. Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. : 80 (1834) wfo-0001238335
Melandrium macrorhizum Rohrb. Linnaea 36: 228 (1869) wfo-0001238336
Melandrium apetalum var. himalayense Rohrb. Linnaea 36: 22 1869 wfo-0001238337
Lychnis himalayensis (Rohrb.) Edgew. Fl. Brit. India 1: 223 (1874) wfo-0001238338
Lychnis apetala var. pallida Edgew. & Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 1(2): 223 1874 wfo-0001238339
Melandrium souliei F.N.Williams J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 34: 429 (1899) wfo-0001238365
Melandrium apertum Pax & K.Hoffm. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 362 (1922) wfo-0001238367
Silene madens Majumdar J. Indian Bot. Soc. 42: 648 (1964) wfo-0001238368
Silene gonosperma var. himalayensis Bocquet Candollea 22(1): 8–9 1967 wfo-0001238369
Melandrium qomolangmaense Tsui & P.Ke ex L.H.Zhou Fl. Xizang. 1: 713 (1983) wfo-0001238370
Melandrium himalayense (Rohrb.) Y.Z.Zhao Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Intramongol. 16: 585 (1985) wfo-0001238371
Silene gonosperma subsp. himalayensis (Rohrb.) Bocquet Candollea 22: 8 1967 wfo-0001292013