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December 2024

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genus

Lychnis L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 436 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000022476.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 436. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Lychnis unr. Gastrolychnis	Fenzl	Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] 974 1840		wfo-1200097301
Lychnis abyssinica	(Hochst.) Lidén	Nordic J. Bot. 20: 516 (2000 publ. 2001)		wfo-0000359937
Lychnis agrostemma	Ledeb.	Fl. Altaic. 2: 184 (1830)		wfo-0000359885
Lychnis alpestris	L.f.	Suppl. Pl. : 244 (1782)		wfo-0000359890
Lychnis angustifolia	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. ii. 648.		wfo-0000359892
Lychnis apetala f. albida	(Lep) B.Boivin	Naturaliste Canad. 94: 632. 1967		wfo-0001242390
Lychnis aragonica	Asso ex Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. : 86 (1878)		wfo-0000359891
Lychnis arkwrightii	hort. ex Heydt	Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 47: 111 (1932)		wfo-0000359878
Lychnis armoraria	Scop.	Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 1: 310. 1771		wfo-0000359879
Lychnis arvensis	G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.	Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 2: 117 (1800)		wfo-0000359880
Lychnis aspera	Poir.	Encycl. , Suppl. 3: 537 (1814)		wfo-0000359881
Lychnis behen	Scop.	Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 305 (1771)		wfo-0000359883
Lychnis cancellata	Jacquem. ex Edgew. & Hook.f.	Fl. Brit. India 1: 226 (1874)		wfo-0000359906
Lychnis capensis	Bellard. ex Colla	Herb. Pedem. 1: 336 (1833)		wfo-0000359907
Lychnis clavata	Moench	Suppl. Meth. : 307 (1802)		wfo-0000359911
Lychnis coccinea	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 304 (1796)		wfo-0000359912
Lychnis coccugosantha	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 71 (1880)		wfo-0000359913
Lychnis coelestis	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 70 (1880)		wfo-0000359914
Lychnis conica	Scop.	Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 308 (1771)		wfo-0000359897
Lychnis coriacea	Moench	Methodus (Moench) 709. 1794 [4 May 1794]		wfo-0000359898
Lychnis coronata var. verticillata	Makino	Somoku-Dzusetsu , ed. 3, 2: 670 (1910)		wfo-0001242690
Lychnis corsica	Loisel.	Not. Fl. France : 73 (1810)		wfo-0000359896
Lychnis cuneifolia	Royle ex Benth.	Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 1[3]: 80. 1834 [Jun 1834]		wfo-0000359901
Lychnis cyrillii	Richt. ex Rchb.	Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 6: 55 (1844)		wfo-0000359903
Lychnis decumbens	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 80 (1841)		wfo-0000359905
Lychnis densonii	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 80 (1841)		wfo-0000359962
Lychnis dioecia	Mill.	Gard. Dict. ed. 8 , Errat.: n.º 3 (1768)		wfo-0000359949
Lychnis diurna	Sibth.	Fl. Oxon. : 145 (1794)		wfo-0000360005
Lychnis dorotheae	Laest. ex Fr.	Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 3: 36 (1827)		wfo-0000360007
Lychnis eriostemon	Wall.	Numer. List : n.º 620 (1829)		wfo-0000360009
Lychnis falconeri	Rohr ex Edgew. & Hook.f.	Fl. Brit. India 1: 223 (1874)		wfo-0000360002
Lychnis frigida	Schrank	Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 1(2): 25 (1818)		wfo-0000360014
Lychnis fulgida	Moench	Methodus : 709 (1794)		wfo-0000359992
Lychnis funstonii	W.Wight ex Mertie	U. S. Dept. Inter. Geolog. Survey, Bull 836-E: 364. 1932 Nomen		wfo-0001291364
Lychnis glaberrima	Trevir.	Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 19: 205 (1861)		wfo-0000359994
Lychnis gracilis	Nasarow	Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 1923-24, n. s. xxxii. 338, nomen.		wfo-0000359996
Lychnis gracillima	(Rohrb.) Makino	J. Jap. Bot. 2: 19 (1921)		wfo-0000359991
Lychnis graminea	Molina	Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili , ed. 2: 289 (1810)		wfo-0000359998
Lychnis haageana	Lem.	Ill. Hort. 6: t. 195 (1859)		wfo-0000359999
Lychnis haageana	hort. ex E.Vilm.	Fl. Pleine Terre 486. 1863		wfo-0000360000
Lychnis helvetica	G.Don ex Loudon	Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 186. 1830		wfo-0000360001
Lychnis inaperta	Scop.	Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 309 (1771)		wfo-0000359995
Lychnis incana	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 70 (1880)		wfo-0000360015
Lychnis incarnata	Balb. ex Colla	Herb. Pedem. 1: 336 (1833)		wfo-0000360029
Lychnis inclusa	Lehm.	Linnaea 5(Lit.): 46 (1830)		wfo-0000360030
Lychnis inflata	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 618. 1829		wfo-0000360032
Lychnis inflata	Wall. ex Benth.	Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 1[3]: 80. 1834 [Jun 1834]		wfo-0000360031
Lychnis intermedia	Nasarow	Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. , n.s., 32: 338 (1924)		wfo-0000360033
Lychnis kiusiana	Makino	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17: 57 (1903)		wfo-0000360028
Lychnis laciniata	Lam.	Fl. Franç. 3: 51 (1779)		wfo-0000360037
Lychnis laciniata	Maxim.	Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg , sér. 3, 11: 429 (1867)		wfo-0000360038
Lychnis laciniata	St.-Lag.	Étude Fl. , éd. 8, 2: 113 (1889)		wfo-0000360040
Lychnis laciniflora	Stokes	Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 562 (1812)		wfo-0000360041
Lychnis laevis	Poir.	Encycl. , Suppl. 3: 537 (1814)		wfo-0000360036
Lychnis lagrangei	Coss.	Ill. Fl. Atlant. 1: 123 (1890)		wfo-0000360016
Lychnis longicarpophora	Preobr. ex Tolm.	Fl. URSS 6: 714, in syn. 1936		wfo-0000360017
Lychnis lusitanica	Mill.	Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 8 (1768)		wfo-0000360019
Lychnis macrosperma	(A.E.Porsild) J.P.Anderson	Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. 20: 250 (1946)		wfo-0000360022
Lychnis macrosperma f. albida	Lepage	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 46: 757. 1951		wfo-0001242389
Lychnis madens	Jacquem. ex Edgew. & Hook.f.	Fl. Brit. India 1: 223 (1874)		wfo-0000360023
Lychnis media	hort. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 3: 40 (1837)		wfo-0000360024
Lychnis mexicana	Rose	Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 5: 141 (1897)		wfo-0000360025
Lychnis migueliana	Rohrb.	–	—	wfo-0001291280
Lychnis miqueliana	Rohrb.	Linnaea 36: 677 (1870)		wfo-0000360026
Lychnis miqueliana	Rohrb. ex Franch. & Sav.	Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 49 (1873)		wfo-0000359990
Lychnis neglecta	G.Don	Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 186. 1830		wfo-0000359963
Lychnis neomoralis	Hueff. ex Reichb.	–	—	wfo-0001291367
Lychnis nummularia	Lapeyr.	Hist. Pl. Pyrénées : 263 (1813)		wfo-0000359970
Lychnis oculata	Backh.	Bot. Mag. 70: t. 4075 (1844)		wfo-0000359967
Lychnis ocymoides	Jess.	Deut. Excurs.-Fl. : 279 (1879)		wfo-0000359966
Lychnis orientalis	Scop.	Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 304 (1771)		wfo-0000359953
Lychnis otites	Scop.	Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 305 (1771)		wfo-0000359955
Lychnis palustris	Brot.	Fl. Lusit. 2: 221 (1804)		wfo-0000359956
Lychnis parciflora	Colla	Herb. Pedem. 1: 336 (1833)		wfo-0000359961
Lychnis parviflora	Turcz. ex Besser	Flora 17(1 Beibl.): 8 (1834)		wfo-0000359951
Lychnis pauciflora	Fisch. ex DC.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 386. 1824 [mid Jan 1824]		wfo-0000359957
Lychnis pauciflora	Ledeb.	Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 5: 537 (1815)		wfo-0000359958
Lychnis plumaria	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 649 (1821 publ. 1822)		wfo-0000359960
Lychnis praecox	Trevir.	Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 19: 205 (1861)		wfo-0000359976
Lychnis preslii	Sekera	Lotos 3: 134 (1853)		wfo-0000359971
Lychnis procera	Ledeb.	Fl. Ross. 1: 298 (1842)		wfo-0000359982
Lychnis pumilio	Scop.	Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 304 (1771)		wfo-0000361750
Lychnis pusilla	Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 432 (1821)		wfo-0000361732
Lychnis pusilla	Poir.	Encycl. , Suppl. 3: 537 (1814)		wfo-0000361748
Lychnis quadridentata	L.	Syst. Veg., ed. 13. 362. 1774		wfo-0000361734
Lychnis quadridentata	Luce	Topogr. Nachr. Oesel : 145 (1823)		wfo-0000361735
Lychnis quadrifida	Scop.	Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 307 (1771)		wfo-0000361736
Lychnis rosea	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 304 (1796)		wfo-0000361742
Lychnis saponaria	Jess.	Deut. Excurs.-Fl. : 279 (1879)		wfo-0000361739
Lychnis saxatilis	Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1: 32 (1835)		wfo-0001292027
Lychnis saxifraga	Scop.	Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 308 (1771)		wfo-0000361762
Lychnis sect. Nanosilene	Otth	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 367 1824		wfo-1000058580
Lychnis sect. Physolychnis	Benth.	Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 80 1834		wfo-1000064361
Lychnis segetalis	St Lager	Étude Fl. , éd. 8, 2: 113 (1889)		wfo-0000361756
Lychnis segetum	Lam.	Fl. Franç. 3: 50 (1779)		wfo-0000361766
Lychnis siegeri	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 81 (1841)		wfo-0000361770
Lychnis sigeriana	Schur	Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 1: 103 (1850)		wfo-0000361771
Lychnis silvestris	Rafn	Danm. Holst. Fl. 2: 790 (1800)		wfo-0000361772
Lychnis speciosa	Carrière	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 42: 530 (1871)		wfo-0000361769
Lychnis splendens	hort. ex E.Vilm.	Fl. Pleine Terre (ed. 2) 524. 1866		wfo-0000361768
Lychnis stellarioides	Maxim.	Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg , sér. 3, 18: 371 (1873)		wfo-0000361758
Lychnis stewartii	Edgew.	Fl. Brit. India 1: 224 (1874)		wfo-0000361759
Lychnis subintegra	(Hayek) Turrill	Hooker's Icon. Pl. 33: t. 3228 (1934)		wfo-0000361760
Lychnis ugoensis	Makino	J. Jap. Bot. 7: 31 (1931)		wfo-0000361731
Lychnis umbellifera	Lam.	Fl. Franç. 3: 52 (1779)		wfo-0000361699
Lychnis umbellifera	St Lager	Étude Fl. , éd. 8, 2: 113 (1889)		wfo-0000361741
Lychnis uniflora	Ledeb.	Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 5: 536 (1815)		wfo-0000361703
Lychnis vaccaria	Scop.	Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 303 (1771)		wfo-0000361704
Lychnis virginica	(L.) Edwards	Nat. Hist. Carolina 2: 1 (1771)		wfo-0000509768
Lychnis vulnerata	Scop.	Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 309 (1771)		wfo-0000359986