Silene virginica

Silene virginica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sileneae
Genus: Silene
Subgenus: S. subg. Behenantha
Sectio: S. sect. Physolychnis
Species: Silene virginica

Name

Silene virginica L. (1753)

Synonyms

• Melandrium virginicum (L.) A. Braun
• Silene catesbaei Walter
• Silene coccinea Moench
• Silene virginica var. hallensis Pickens & M. C. W. Pickens
• Silene virginica var. robusta Strausb. & Core

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 419. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Silene virginica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 18. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Silene virginica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Silene virginica. Published online. Accessed: Sep 18 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Silene virginica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Sep 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Silene virginica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: fire pink

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