Silene regia

Silene regia

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 regia

Name

Silene regia Sims (1815)

Synonyms

• Melandrium illinoense Rohrb.
• Melandrium regium (Sims) A. Braun

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sims, J. 1815: Botanical Magazine 41: t (1724).

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Silene regia. 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 17. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Silene regia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Silene regia. Published online. Accessed: Sep 17 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Silene regia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Sep 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Silene regia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Royal catchfly

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