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Silene L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 416 (1753)   Link to external nomenclature reference

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-4000035363.

Synonyms of Silene

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Charesia E.A.Busch Trudy Bot. Muz. 19: 182. 1926. — wfo-4000007691
Cucubalus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 414. 1753. (1 May 1753) — wfo-4000009999
Elisanthe (Fenzl ex Endl.) Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch 206. 1841[1841]. — wfo-4000013214
Gastrolychnis (Fenzl) Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch 206. 1841. — wfo-4000015380
Melandrium Röhl. Deutschl. Fl. (ed. 2), Phanerog. Gew. 2: 37, 274. 1812. — wfo-4000023574
Otites Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 255. 1763. — wfo-4000027455
Physolychnis (Benth.) Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7 14(4): 41. 1869. — wfo-4000029558
Pleconax Raf. Autik. Bot. 24. 1840. — wfo-4000030184

Species in Silene ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Silene:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene adusta Ball J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 360 1877 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438790
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aeoniopsis Bornm. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 89: 112 1936 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438801
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alpina Thomas Cat. Pl. Suiss. 45 1837 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alsinoides Viv. Fl. Cors. Prodr. 6 1824 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438808
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alsinoides E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 105 1901 — wfo-0000438809
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene ambigua Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 302 1796 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene ambigua Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 576 1842 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438815
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene anatolica Melzh. & A.Baytop Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 449 1980 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene angustissima Boreau Fl. Centre France ed. 3, 2: 95 1857 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438744
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene arenaria Ehrenb. ex Rohrb. Monogr. Silene 231 1869 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438761
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene arenaria E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 115 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438762
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aspera A.Braun ex Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 85 1860 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438887
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene atocia St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 134 1880 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438896
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene baldaccii (Rohlena) A.W.Hill Index Kew. Suppl. 6: 194 1926 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438915
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene barbata E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 108 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438891
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene brachiata Jord. ex Boreau Fl. Centre France ed. 3, 2: 94 1857 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438745
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene brachyantha Schur ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 86 1878 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene bracteosa Bertol. Fl. Ital. 6: 627 1847 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene byzantina Castagne ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 627 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438644
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene cancellata (Jacquem. ex Edgew. & Hook.f.) Majumdar J. Indian Bot. Soc. 42: 650 1964 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438635
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene carthusianorum E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 110 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438564
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene caryophylla E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 111 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene cephalonica K.F.Schimp. & Wiest ex Rohrb. Monogr. Silene 81 1869 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438591
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene chambaensis Majumdar J. Indian Bot. Soc. 42: 649 1964 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438585
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene coulteriana Otth Prodr. 1: 368 1824 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440504
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene cuculi E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 97 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440546
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene czerei Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 629 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440533
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene deltoides E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 113 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440463
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene diurna Gren. & Godr. Fl. France 1: 216 1847 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440620
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene effusa Otth Prodr. 1: 370 1824 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene fabifolia Schott ex Rohrb. Monogr. Silene 81 1869 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000497067
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene falconeri (Rohrb.) Bocquet Candollea 22: 9 1967 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440587
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene fastigiata E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 106 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440600
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene favargeri Bocquet Candollea 22: 29 1967 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440595
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene fischeri Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 2: 584 1841 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438705
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene fissa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 302 1796 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000438706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene githago E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 121 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440329
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene halopetala Fenzl Index Seminum (WU) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 9 1851 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440282
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene hidaka-alpina (Miyabe & Tatew.) Ohwi & H.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 49: 345 1974 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440418
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene honigbergeri Fenzl Sert. Cabul. 3 1836 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440440
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene hornemannii Fenzl Index Seminum (WU) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 9 1851 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440441
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene hungarica (Wrigley) Niketić & Stevan. Arh. Biol. Nauka 59: 393 2007 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000510362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene jovis E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 96 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440906
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene jugora (F.N.Williams) Majumdar Bull. Bot. Surv. India 15: 39 1973 publ. 1976 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440908
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene lazica Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 35 1843 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440855
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene liponeura H.Neumayer Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 72: 55 1922 publ. 1923 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000441001
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene macedonica Formánek Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 32: 183 1893 publ. 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000441014
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene macroclada Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 84 1849 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440985
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene macrophylla Spreng. ex Rohrb. Monogr. Silene 81 1869 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440952
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene mandralisci Parl. Occhio 8: 61 1839 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440938
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene marginata Kit. Linnaea 32: 536 1864 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440944
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene melzheimeri Greuter Willdenowia 25: 117 1995 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440701
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene microloba Schott, Nyman & Kotschy Analect. Bot. 59 1854 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440704
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene muradica Schischk. V?stn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 50: 27 1920 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene muralis E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 104 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440655
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene obovata A.E.Porsild Rhodora 40: 214 1938 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440830
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene obscura Vorosch. Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 83: 34 1972 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene oculata (Lindl.) Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(2): 179 1921 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440839
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene ocymoides E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 118 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440840
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene oleracea Boreau Fl. Centre France ed. 3, 2: 95 1857 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440822
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene oreades Boiss. & Heldr. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 92 1849 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440740
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene paniculata E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 105 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440766
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene pedicellata Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 608 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene persoonii Schott ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 823 1832 — wfo-0000439742
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene plumaria E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 114 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene polygama Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 536 1812 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene prolifera E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 107 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene pseudobehen Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 36 1843 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439820
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene pseudobehen Schur ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 88 1878 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439821
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene pseudonutans Pančić Fl. Serbiae Add.: 116 1884 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439822
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene puberula Jord. ex Boreau Fl. Centre France ed. 3, 2: 94 1857 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439858
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene rubra E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 99 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439532
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene rugosa Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 498 1805 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439529
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene rupicola Boreau Fl. Centre France ed. 3, 2: 95 1857 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene rupicola A.Huet ex Rohrb. Monogr. Silene 138 1869 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439549
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene saxicola Lag. ex Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 641 1878 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439496
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene scabra Fisch. ex Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 3: 66 1839 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439493
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene schottiana Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 103 1866 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439513
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene sillingeri Hendrych Unknown — wfo-0000734637
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene silvestris E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 112 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439662
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene sinensis f. verticillata (Makino) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 71(5): 271 1996 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001242689
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene soczavana var. macrosperma (A.E.Porsild) V.V.Petrovsky, D.F.Murray & Elven J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 436 2008 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000744802
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene staminea Bertol. Fl. Ital. 4: 585 1841 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439591
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene stewartii Ghaz. Pakistan J. Bot. 14: 115 1982 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439610
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene stewartii (Edgew.) Majumdar Bull. Bot. Surv. India 16: 155 1974 publ. 1977 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000439611
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene subcorymbosa Adamovic Unknown — wfo-0000734672
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene superba E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 116 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440136
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene tunica E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 107 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440108
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene umbellata Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 170 1782 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440164
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene unilocularis Schrank Baier. Fl. 1: 712 1789 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440217
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene vaccaria E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 120 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440210
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene vaga E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5: 109 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440212
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene vesicaria Schrad. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 822 1832 — wfo-0000440228
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene viridis Greuter Willdenowia 14: 49 1984 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000440182