Silene abyssinica

Taxonavigation

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

Silene abyssinica (Hochst.) H.Neumayer, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 72: 55 (1922 publ. 1923).

Basionym
- Uebelinia abyssinica Hochst., Flora 24(1, Intelligenzbl.): 30 (1841).
Homotypic
- Lychnis abyssinica (Hochst.) Lidén, Nordic J. Bot. 20: 516 (2000 publ. 2001).
Heterotypic
- Uebelinia hispida Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 586 (1893).
- Uebelinia nigerica Turrill, Kew Bull. 9: 260 (1954).
- Uebelinia spathulifolia Hochst. ex T.C.E.Fr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 85 (1923).

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Nigeria. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia. East Tropical Africa Uganda. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. 2000. Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Volume 2, Part 1: Magnoliaceae to Flacourliaceae. 532 pp. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala University. ISBN 978-91-971285-2-0. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Silene abyssinica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Silene abyssinica. Published online. Accessed: February 3 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene abyssinica. Accessed: 3 February 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Silene abyssinica. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 3. Reference page.