Silene information from NPGS/GRIN

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Genus: Silene L.

Family: Caryophyllaceae subfamily Caryophylloideae tribe Sileneae
Common name: campion, catchfly
Genus number: 11156
Last updated: 05-Oct-2007
Comment: conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Lychnis L., nom. rej.

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

Burleigh, J. G. & T. P. Holtsford. 2003. Molecular systematics of the eastern North American Silene (Caryophyllaceae): evidence from nuclear ITS and chloroplast trnL intron sequences. Rhodora 105:76–90.

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

(=~) Atocion Adans.
(= ) Behen Moench
(= ) Charesia E. A. Busch
(= ) Coronaria Guett.
(=~) Cucubalus L.
(=~) Eudianthe (Rchb.) Rchb.
(= ) Gastrocalyx Schischk.
(= ) Gastrolychnis (Fenzl) Rchb.
(~ ) Heliosperma (Rchb.) Rchb.
(=~) Lychnis L.
(= ) Melandrium Röhl.
(= ) Melandryum Rchb.
(= ) Schischkiniella Steenis
(~ ) Uebelinia Hochst.
(=~) Viscaria Bernh.

Check other nomenclature databases for Silene:

ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Images:

Disseminule drawings (Silene diversifolia): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
Embryo drawing (Silene diversifolia): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
Fruit (Silene noctiflora): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene antirrhina): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene armeria): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene chalcedonica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene conica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene coronaria): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene dichotoma): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene dioica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene gallica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene latifolia): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene noctiflora): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene viscaria subsp. viscaria): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene vulgaris): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Silene vulgaris subsp. vulgaris): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seeds (Silene noctiflora): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seeds or fruits (Silene dioica): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Seeds or fruits (Silene latifolia subsp. alba): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Seeds or fruits (Silene noctiflora): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Seeds or fruits (Silene sp.): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Seeds or fruits (Silene vulgaris subsp. vulgaris): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

Check PlantSystematics.org
Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11156 (23 May 2013)

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