Silene stellata

Silene stellata

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 stellata

Name

Silene stellata (L.) Coyte, Ind. Plant.: 373 (1807).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cucubalus stellatus L., Sp. Pl.: 414 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Silene stellata (L.) W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. ed. 2, 3: 84 (1811), comb. superfl.
  • Viscago stellata (L.) Rchb., Mag. Aesthet. Bot.: t. 27 (1823).
  • Evactoma stellata (L.) Raf., Autik. Bot.: 23 (1840).
• Heterotypic
  • Evactoma stellata var. scabrella Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 58 (1913).
    • Silene stellata var. scabrella (Nieuwl.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 781 (1938).
    • Silene scabrella (Nieuwl.) G.N.Jones, Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci. 35: 71 (1942).

Homonyms

• Silene stellata Lapeyr. = Silene ciliata subsp. ciliata

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Silene stellata. 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 stellata 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 stellata. Published online. Accessed: Sep 18 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Silene stellata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Sep 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Silene stellata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Starry Catchfly, Widowsfrill

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