Silene viridiflora

Silene viridiflora

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sileneae
Genus: Silene
Subgenus: S. subg. Silene
Sectio: S. sect. Siphonomorpha
Species: Silene viridiflora
Formae: S. v. f. viridiflora – S. v. f. webbiana

Name

Silene viridiflora L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 597 (1762).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Otites viridiflora (L.) Opiz, Lotos 4: 42 (1854).

Homonyms

• Silene viridiflora Gueldenst. ex Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 1(2): 319 (1842), nom. illeg. = Silene chlorantha (Willd.) Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 7: 144 (1792).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Czechia-Slovakia, Hungary. Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Northwest Balkan Peninsula, Romania, Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent West Himalaya. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1762. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I, Ed. 2. Pp. [I–XVI], 1–784. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene viridiflora. Accessed: 2026 January 31.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Silene viridiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene viridiflora. Accessed: 31 January 2026. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Silene viridiflora. Published online. Accessed: 18 September 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Silene viridiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 September 2019. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• العربية: سيلينة خضراء الأزهار
• български: Зеленоцветно плюскавиче
• Deutsch: Grünblütiges Leimkraut
• українська: Смілка зеленоцвіта

For more multimedia, look at Silene viridiflora on Wikimedia Commons.