Silene virginica

Taxonavigation

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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

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Silene virginica L. (1753)

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: fire pink
 
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