As classified in WFO snapshot
June 2025
latest classification for this taxon
genus
Silene
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 |
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Behenantha | Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15(2): 130 (1877) | wfo-4000004315 | ||
Charesia | Trudy Bot. Muz. 19: 182 (1926) | wfo-4000007691 | ||
Conosilene | Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2 16: 344. 1868. | — | wfo-4000009173 | |
Cucubalus | Sp. Pl. : 414 (1753) | wfo-4000009999 | ||
Elisanthe | Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch 206. 1841[1841]. | wfo-4000013214 | ||
Gastrocalyx | Izv. Kavkazsk. Muz. 12: 200 (1919) | wfo-4000015366 | ||
Gastrolychnis | Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch : 206 (1841) | wfo-4000015380 | ||
Lychnis | Sp. Pl. : 436 (1753) | wfo-4000022476 | ||
Melandrium | Deutschl. Fl. , ed. 2, 2: 37 (1812) | wfo-4000023574 | ||
Oberna | Fam. Pl. 2: 255 (1763) | wfo-4000026445 | ||
Otites | Fam. Pl. 2: 255 (1763) | wfo-4000027455 | ||
Physolychnis | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7 , 14(4): 41 (1869) | wfo-4000029558 | ||
Pleconax | Autik. Bot. : 24 (1840) | wfo-4000030184 | ||
Uebelinia | Flora 24(1 Intell.): 30 (1841) | wfo-4000039700 |
Species in Silene ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })
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Unplaced Names
These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Silene:
Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
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Silene acantholimon | Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien xcviii 1889 (1890) 381. | wfo-0000438303 | ||
Silene acarpophora | Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 172 (1843) | wfo-0000438304 | ||
Silene acaulis subsp. balcanica | Suppl. Fl. Anal. Jugosl. 6:14 1979 | — | wfo-1200112737 | |
Silene acaulis subsp. cenisia | Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 51: 563 1901 | wfo-1200028538 | ||
Silene acaulis subsp. vanensis | Ann. Bot. Fenn. 42(2):144 2005 | — | wfo-1200112738 | |
Silene acuta | Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 222. | wfo-0000438590 | ||
Silene acutidentata | Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 2: 323 (1971) | wfo-0000438869 | ||
Silene acutifolia | Monogr. Silene : 141 (1869) | wfo-0000438552 | ||
Silene adenopetala | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 4: 169 (1923) | wfo-0000438793 | ||
Silene adenophora | Vasc. Pl. Russia & Adj. States : 173 (1995) | wfo-0000438794 | ||
Silene adhaerens | Monogr. Silene : 162 (1869) | wfo-0000438802 | ||
Silene adusta | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 360. 1877 [1878 publ. 1877] | wfo-0000438790 | ||
Silene aegaea | Willdenowia 25: 157 (1995) | wfo-0000438798 | ||
Silene aegyptiaca subsp. aegyptiaca | – | – | — | wfo-1200108072 |
Silene aegyptiaca subsp. ruderalis | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28:8 1967 | — | wfo-1200112739 | |
Silene aeoniopsis | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 89: 112 (1936) | wfo-0000438801 | ||
Silene aethiopica | Fl. Indica , Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 13 (1768) | wfo-0000438785 | ||
Silene aetolica | Atti Congr. Int. Bot. Firenze 1874: 239 (1876) | wfo-0000438796 | ||
Silene afra | Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 222, nomen; et ex C. Muell. in Walp. Ann. vii. 276. | wfo-0000438647 | ||
Silene agrestina | Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 6 (1866) | wfo-0000438780 | ||
Silene agricola | Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 5: 87 (1901) | wfo-0000438781 | ||
Silene agrigentina | Naturalista Sicil. 2: 295 (1883) | wfo-0000438782 | ||
Silene akaisialpina | J. Jap. Bot. 72: 195 (1997) | wfo-0000438786 | ||
Silene akinfijewii | Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10: 286 1892 | wfo-0000438787 | ||
Silene akmaniana | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 85 (1984) | wfo-0000438788 | ||
Silene albescens | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 28 (1843) | wfo-0000438823 | ||
Silene aleppica | Herb. Pedem. i. 332 (1833). | wfo-0000438824 | ||
Silene alexeji | Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 14: 65 (1948) | wfo-0000438820 | ||
Silene allophila | Gen. Sp. Pl. : 15 (1816) | wfo-0000438829 | ||
Silene alpicola | Izv. Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. 77: 291 (1927) | wfo-0000438811 | ||
Silene alpina | Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. ii. 648. | wfo-0000438805 | ||
Silene alpina | Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 34 (1776) | wfo-0000438826 | ||
Silene alpina | Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt ii. (1851) 177; iii. (1852) 85; iv. (1853) 12. | wfo-0000438804 | ||
Silene alpina | Cat. Pl. Suiss. (1837) 45. | wfo-0000438828 | ||
Silene alpinoprostrata | Fl. Indicativa : 270 (2010) | wfo-0000749231 | ||
Silene alsinoides | Deutschl. Fl. (Sturm), ed. 2. 5: 104. 1901 | wfo-0000438809 | ||
Silene alsinoides | Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn (1865) 114. | wfo-0000438807 | ||
Silene alsinoides | Fl. Cors. Prodr. : 6 (1824) | wfo-0000438808 | ||
Silene amana | Fl. Orient. 1: 634 (1867) | wfo-0000438803 | ||
Silene amassiensis | Bull. Herb. Boissier iii. (1895) 99. | wfo-0000438812 | ||
Silene ambigua | Mem. Acad. Nancy 1850 (1851), 158; Willk. Ic. et Desc. Pl. Hisp. i. 42. t.28. | wfo-0000438813 | ||
Silene ambigua | Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 302 (1796) | wfo-0000438814 | ||
Silene ambigua | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15(2): 576. 1842 | wfo-0000438815 | ||
Silene amblevana | Fl. Spa 1: 199 (1811) | wfo-0000438817 | ||
Silene aminii | Fl. Iran [ed. M. Assadi et al.] 168: 677 2023 | wfo-1000056648 | ||
Silene ammophila subsp. ammophila | – | – | — | wfo-1200108523 |
Silene amoena var. charaensis | Rast. Mir Aziatsk. Rossii 3(31): 37. 2018 | wfo-1200027573 | ||
Silene amphorina | Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 330 (1875) | wfo-0000438748 | ||
Silene amurensis | Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 209 (1874) | wfo-0000438750 | ||
Silene anaglaea | Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 14: 132 (1923) | wfo-0000438752 | ||
Silene anastomosans | Gen. Sp. Pl. : 15 (1816) | wfo-0000438753 | ||
Silene anatolica | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 449 (1980) | wfo-0000438754 | ||
Silene andarabica | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 16: 529 (1980) | wfo-0000438755 | ||
Silene angistoma | Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 622. 1867 [Apr-Jun 1867] | wfo-0000438749 | ||
Silene angustifolia subsp. reiseri | Suppl. Fl. Anal. Jugosl. 6:12 | — | wfo-1200112740 | |
Silene angustissima | Fl. Centre France , ed. 3, 2: 95 (1857) | wfo-0000438744 | ||
Silene anisoloba | Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 2: 198. 1844 | wfo-0000438738 | ||
Silene anomala | Monogr. Silene : 118 (1869) | wfo-0000438741 | ||
Silene antiochica | Bull. Herb. Boissier 3(2): 78. 1895 [Feb 1895] | wfo-0000438743 | ||
Silene antitaurica | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 273 (1957) | wfo-0000438756 | ||
Silene antri-jovis | Willdenowia 16: 440 (1987) | wfo-0000438771 | ||
Silene aomorensis | J. Jap. Bot. 48: 65 (1973) | wfo-0000438772 | ||
Silene apiculata | Fl. Tadzhiksk. S.S.R. 3: 553 (1968) | wfo-0000438778 | ||
Silene araratica | Izv. Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. 77: 292 (1927) | wfo-0000438764 | ||
Silene araxina | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 278 (1875) | wfo-0000438775 | ||
Silene arbuscula | Fl. Orient. 1: 612 (1867) | wfo-0000438759 | ||
Silene arenaria | Fl. Atlant. 1: 354 (1798) | wfo-0000438760 | ||
Silene arenaria | Monogr. Silene 231. 1869 [1868 publ. 1 Jan 1869] | wfo-0000438761 | ||
Silene arenarioides | Fl. Atlant. 1: 355 (1798) | wfo-0000438763 | ||
Silene arenicola | Fl. Sicul. : 153 (1826) | wfo-0000438770 | ||
Silene argaea | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 4, 1: 36 (1854) | wfo-0000438758 | ||
Silene argentea | Fl. Ross. 1: 311 (1842) | wfo-0000438766 | ||
Silene arghireica | Boll. Soc. Sarda Sci. Nat. 30: 459 (1994-1995 publ. 1995) | wfo-0000438767 | ||
Silene argillosa | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 11: 44 (1864) | wfo-0000438768 | ||
Silene arguta | Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 642. 1867 [Apr-Jun 1867] | wfo-0000438843 | ||
Silene arguta | Pug. Pl. Nov. Syr. : 8 (1842) | wfo-0000438769 | ||
Silene aristidis | Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 330 (1875) | wfo-0000438832 | ||
Silene armena | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 29 (1843) | wfo-0000438902 | ||
Silene armeria var. sparsiflora | Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 105 (1866) | wfo-0000510351 | ||
Silene arsuzensis | Phytotaxa 397(1):75 2019 | — | wfo-1000081164 | |
Silene articulata | Flora 29: 696. 1846 | wfo-0000438906 | ||
Silene articulata | Fl. Libyc. Spec. : 23 (1824) | wfo-0000438907 | ||
Silene arvatica | Varied. Ci. 2(4): 212 (1805) | wfo-0000438908 | ||
Silene asirensis | Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 55 (1994) | wfo-0000438885 | ||
Silene aspera | Fl. Brandenburg 1: 85 (1860) | wfo-0000438887 | ||
Silene aspera | Monogr. Silene 118. 1869 [1868 publ. 1 Jan 1869] | wfo-0000438886 | ||
Silene asperifolia | Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 97 (1895) | wfo-0000438889 | ||
Silene asphaltica | Monogr. Silene : 105 (1869) | wfo-0000438890 | ||
Silene assyriaca | Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 89(7): 1181 (2004) | wfo-0000438900 | ||
Silene astartes | Fl. Orient. , Suppl.: 102 (1888) | wfo-0000438892 | ||
Silene asterias subsp. radikae | Suppl. Fl. Anal. Jugosl. 6:14 1979 | — | wfo-1200112741 | |
Silene atlantica | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 2: 307 (1855) | wfo-0000438895 | ||
Silene atocia | Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon vii. (1880) 134. | wfo-0000438896 | ||
Silene atocion | Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 19, t. 32 1776 | wfo-1200073501 | ||
Silene atocion | Syst. Veg. ed. 13 , 2: 421 (1774) | wfo-0000438899 | ||
Silene attica | Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 16: 80 (1898) | wfo-0000438924 | ||
Silene auriculata subsp. auriculata | – | – | — | wfo-1200108362 |
Silene auriculata subsp. lanuginosa | Comp. Fl. Ital. 1882 | — | wfo-1200112742 | |
Silene auriculifolia | Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 332 (1875) | wfo-0000496738 | ||
Silene austriaca | Bot. Cult. 3: 174.1802 | wfo-1000043147 |