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Taxon: Silene alba (Mill.) E. H. L. Krause

Synonym of Silene latifolia Poir. subsp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

Genus: Silene
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Nomen number: 50064
Place of publication: Sturm, Deutschl. fl. ed. 2, 5:98. 1901 (non Muhlenb. ex Britton 1893)
Comment: an illegitimate later homonym (Vienna ICBN Art. 53) that is unavailable for use
Name verified on: 13-Dec-1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-May-2007
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

THIS NAME HAS BEEN USED FOR A SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
Has been used for a declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents (see accepted name for other GRIN data):
WI°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.

References:

  • Cabrera, A. L., ed. 1965–1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires. (F BuenAir) [accepts].
  • Chowdhuri, P. K. 1957. Studies in the genus Silene. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22:225. [accepts].
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk) [accepts].
  • Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist. (L Georgia) [accepts].
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13) [accepts].
  • Greuter, W. & H. M. Burdet. 1982. Willdenowia 12:189.
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1979. Atlas florae europaeae. (Atlas Eur) 3, 2:1132. [accepts].
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) [accepts].
  • McNeill, J. & H. C. Prentice. 1981. Silene pratensis (Rafn) Godron and Gren., the correct name for the white campion or white cockle (Silene alba (Miller) E.H.L. Krause, nom. illeg.). Taxon 30:29. [= S. pratensis (Rafn) Godron & Gren.].
  • Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. (F Ital) [accepts].
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur) [accepts].
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F) [mentions].
  • Willis, J. H. 1970–1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria. (F VictWillis) [accepts].
More:

Check other databases for Silene alba (Mill.) E. H. L. Krause:

  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?50064 (22 November 2009)

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