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Silene L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 416 (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-4000035363.

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Synonyms of Silene

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Behenantha Schur Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15(2): 130 (1877) wfo-4000004315
Charesia E.A.Busch Trudy Bot. Muz. 19: 182 (1926) wfo-4000007691
Conosilene (Rohrb.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2 16: 344. 1868. — wfo-4000009173
Cucubalus L. Sp. Pl. : 414 (1753) wfo-4000009999
Elisanthe (Fenzl ex Endl.) Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch 206. 1841[1841]. wfo-4000013214
Gastrocalyx Schischkin Izv. Kavkazsk. Muz. 12: 200 (1919) wfo-4000015366
Gastrolychnis Fenzl ex Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch : 206 (1841) wfo-4000015380
Lychnis L. Sp. Pl. : 436 (1753) wfo-4000022476
Melandrium Röhl. Deutschl. Fl. , ed. 2, 2: 37 (1812) wfo-4000023574
Oberna Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 255 (1763) wfo-4000026445
Otites Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 255 (1763) wfo-4000027455
Physolychnis Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7 , 14(4): 41 (1869) wfo-4000029558
Pleconax Raf. Autik. Bot. : 24 (1840) wfo-4000030184
Uebelinia Hochst. Flora 24(1 Intell.): 30 (1841) wfo-4000039700

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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 acantholimon Wettst. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien xcviii 1889 (1890) 381. wfo-0000438303
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene acarpophora Griseb. Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 172 (1843) wfo-0000438304
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene acaulis subsp. balcanica (Hayek & Vierh.) Trinajstić & Zi. Pavletić Suppl. Fl. Anal. Jugosl. 6:14 1979 — wfo-1200112737
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene acaulis subsp. cenisia Vierh. Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 51: 563 1901 wfo-1200028538
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene acaulis subsp. vanensis Özgökçe, F. & Kit Tan Ann. Bot. Fenn. 42(2):144 2005 — wfo-1200112738
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene acuta E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 222. wfo-0000438590
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene acutidentata Bondarenko & Vved. Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 2: 323 (1971) wfo-0000438869
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene acutifolia Link ex Rohrb. Monogr. Silene : 141 (1869) wfo-0000438552
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene adenopetala Raikova Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 4: 169 (1923) wfo-0000438793
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene adenophora (Schischk.) Czerep. Vasc. Pl. Russia & Adj. States : 173 (1995) wfo-0000438794
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene adhaerens Ehrenb. ex Rohrb. Monogr. Silene : 162 (1869) wfo-0000438802
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene adusta Ball J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 360. 1877 [1878 publ. 1877] wfo-0000438790
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aegaea Oxelman Willdenowia 25: 157 (1995) wfo-0000438798
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aegyptiaca subsp. aegyptiaca – – — wfo-1200108072
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aegyptiaca subsp. ruderalis Coode & Cullen Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28:8 1967 — wfo-1200112739
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aeoniopsis Bornm. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 89: 112 (1936) wfo-0000438801
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aethiopica Burm.f. Fl. Indica , Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 13 (1768) wfo-0000438785
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aetolica Heldr. Atti Congr. Int. Bot. Firenze 1874: 239 (1876) wfo-0000438796
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene afra Fenzl ex Müll.Berol. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 222, nomen; et ex C. Muell. in Walp. Ann. vii. 276. wfo-0000438647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene agrestina Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 6 (1866) wfo-0000438780
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene agricola E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 5: 87 (1901) wfo-0000438781
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene agrigentina Lojac. Naturalista Sicil. 2: 295 (1883) wfo-0000438782
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene akaisialpina (T.Yamaz.) H.Ohashi, Tateishi & H.Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 72: 195 (1997) wfo-0000438786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene akinfijewii Schmalh. Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10: 286 1892 wfo-0000438787
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene akmaniana Ekim & Çelik Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 85 (1984) wfo-0000438788
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene albescens Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 28 (1843) wfo-0000438823
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aleppica Colla Herb. Pedem. i. 332 (1833). wfo-0000438824
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alexeji Kolak. Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 14: 65 (1948) wfo-0000438820
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene allophila Clemente ex Lag. Gen. Sp. Pl. : 15 (1816) wfo-0000438829
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alpicola Schischkin Izv. Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. 77: 291 (1927) wfo-0000438811
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alpina Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. ii. 648. wfo-0000438805
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alpina Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 34 (1776) wfo-0000438826
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alpina Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt ii. (1851) 177; iii. (1852) 85; iv. (1853) 12. wfo-0000438804
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alpina Thomas Cat. Pl. Suiss. (1837) 45. wfo-0000438828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alpinoprostrata Landolt Fl. Indicativa : 270 (2010) wfo-0000749231
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alsinoides E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. (Sturm), ed. 2. 5: 104. 1901 wfo-0000438809
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alsinoides Pourr. ex Lange Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn (1865) 114. wfo-0000438807
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene alsinoides Viv. Fl. Cors. Prodr. : 6 (1824) wfo-0000438808
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene amana Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 634 (1867) wfo-0000438803
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene amassiensis Freyn Bull. Herb. Boissier iii. (1895) 99. wfo-0000438812
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene ambigua Cambess. ex Soy.-Will. Mem. Acad. Nancy 1850 (1851), 158; Willk. Ic. et Desc. Pl. Hisp. i. 42. t.28. wfo-0000438813
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene ambigua Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 302 (1796) wfo-0000438814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene ambigua Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15(2): 576. 1842 wfo-0000438815
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene amblevana Lej. Fl. Spa 1: 199 (1811) wfo-0000438817
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aminii Assadi Fl. Iran [ed. M. Assadi et al.] 168: 677 2023 wfo-1000056648
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene ammophila subsp. ammophila – – — wfo-1200108523
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene amoena var. charaensis N.V.Vlassova Rast. Mir Aziatsk. Rossii 3(31): 37. 2018 wfo-1200027573
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene amphorina Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 330 (1875) wfo-0000438748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene amurensis Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 209 (1874) wfo-0000438750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene anaglaea Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 14: 132 (1923) wfo-0000438752
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene anastomosans Lag. Gen. Sp. Pl. : 15 (1816) wfo-0000438753
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene anatolica Melzh. & A.Baytop Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 449 (1980) wfo-0000438754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene andarabica Podlech Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 16: 529 (1980) wfo-0000438755
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene angistoma Fenzl ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 622. 1867 [Apr-Jun 1867] wfo-0000438749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene angustifolia subsp. reiseri (K. Malý) Trinajstić Suppl. Fl. Anal. Jugosl. 6:12 — wfo-1200112740
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene angustissima Boreau Fl. Centre France , ed. 3, 2: 95 (1857) wfo-0000438744
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene anisoloba Schrenk Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 2: 198. 1844 wfo-0000438738
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene anomala Dufour ex Rohrb. Monogr. Silene : 118 (1869) wfo-0000438741
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene antiochica Freyn Bull. Herb. Boissier 3(2): 78. 1895 [Feb 1895] wfo-0000438743
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene antitaurica Chowdhuri Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 273 (1957) wfo-0000438756
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene antri-jovis Greuter & Burdet Willdenowia 16: 440 (1987) wfo-0000438771
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aomorensis Mizushima J. Jap. Bot. 48: 65 (1973) wfo-0000438772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene apiculata Ovcz. Fl. Tadzhiksk. S.S.R. 3: 553 (1968) wfo-0000438778
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene araratica Schischkin Izv. Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. 77: 292 (1927) wfo-0000438764
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene araxina Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 278 (1875) wfo-0000438775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene arbuscula Fenzl ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 612 (1867) wfo-0000438759
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene arenaria Desf. Fl. Atlant. 1: 354 (1798) wfo-0000438760
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene arenaria Ehrenb. ex Rohrb. Monogr. Silene 231. 1869 [1868 publ. 1 Jan 1869] wfo-0000438761
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene arenarioides Desf. Fl. Atlant. 1: 355 (1798) wfo-0000438763
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene arenicola C.Presl Fl. Sicul. : 153 (1826) wfo-0000438770
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene argaea Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 4, 1: 36 (1854) wfo-0000438758
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene argentea Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 1: 311 (1842) wfo-0000438766
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene arghireica Vals. Boll. Soc. Sarda Sci. Nat. 30: 459 (1994-1995 publ. 1995) wfo-0000438767
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene argillosa Munby Bull. Soc. Bot. France 11: 44 (1864) wfo-0000438768
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene arguta Boiss. & Buhse Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 642. 1867 [Apr-Jun 1867] wfo-0000438843
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene arguta Fenzl Pug. Pl. Nov. Syr. : 8 (1842) wfo-0000438769
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aristidis Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 330 (1875) wfo-0000438832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene armena Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 29 (1843) wfo-0000438902
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene armeria var. sparsiflora Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 105 (1866) wfo-0000510351
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene arsuzensis Özbek & Uzunh. Phytotaxa 397(1):75 2019 — wfo-1000081164
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene articulata Kunze Flora 29: 696. 1846 wfo-0000438906
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene articulata Viv. Fl. Libyc. Spec. : 23 (1824) wfo-0000438907
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene arvatica Lag. Varied. Ci. 2(4): 212 (1805) wfo-0000438908
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene asirensis D.F.Chamb. & S.Collenette Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 55 (1994) wfo-0000438885
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aspera A.Braun ex Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 85 (1860) wfo-0000438887
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene aspera hort. ex Rohrb. Monogr. Silene 118. 1869 [1868 publ. 1 Jan 1869] wfo-0000438886
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene asperifolia Freyn Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 97 (1895) wfo-0000438889
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene asphaltica Kotschy ex Rohrb. Monogr. Silene : 105 (1869) wfo-0000438890
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene assyriaca Hausskn. & Bornm. ex Lazkov Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 89(7): 1181 (2004) wfo-0000438900
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene astartes C.I.Blanche ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. , Suppl.: 102 (1888) wfo-0000438892
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene asterias subsp. radikae Trinajstić & Zi. Pavletić Suppl. Fl. Anal. Jugosl. 6:14 1979 — wfo-1200112741
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene atlantica Coss. & Durieu Bull. Soc. Bot. France 2: 307 (1855) wfo-0000438895
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene atocia St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon vii. (1880) 134. wfo-0000438896
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene atocion Jacq. Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 19, t. 32 1776 wfo-1200073501
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene atocion L. Syst. Veg. ed. 13 , 2: 421 (1774) wfo-0000438899
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene attica Formánek Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 16: 80 (1898) wfo-0000438924
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene auriculata subsp. auriculata – – — wfo-1200108362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene auriculata subsp. lanuginosa (Bertol.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital. 1882 — wfo-1200112742
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene auriculifolia Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 332 (1875) wfo-0000496738
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Silene austriaca Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 3: 174.1802 wfo-1000043147