Silene rotundifolia

Silene rotundifolia

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 rotundifolia

Name

Silene rotundifolia Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 288 (1818).

Synonyms

• Melandrium rotundifolium (Nutt.) Rohrbach

Homonyms

• Silene rotundifolia (Oliv.) Neumayer = Uebelinia rotundifolia Oliv.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. 1818. The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Volume 1. viii + 312 pp, D. Heartt, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 288

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Silene rotundifolia. 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 rotundifolia 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 rotundifolia. Published online. Accessed: Sep 17 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Silene rotundifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Sep 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Roundleaf catchfly

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