Silene antirrhina

Silene antirrhina

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: Silene sect. Sclerophyllae
Species: Silene antirrhina

Name

Silene antirrhina L., Sp. Pl. 1: 419 (1753).

• Type locality: "Habitat in Virginia, Carolina."
• Lectotype: Herb. Linn. No. 583.42 (LINN), designated by Rabeler in Cafferty & Jarvis (ed.), Taxon 53: 1053 (2004).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ebraxis antirrhina (L.) Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 33: 102 (2001).
• Heterotypic
  • Saponaria dioica Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 1(1): 38 (1826), nom. illeg.
    • Gypsophila dioica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 178 (1827), as dioeca.
  • Silene antirrhina var. minor Cambess. in A.F.C.P. de Saint-Hilaire & al., Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 164 (1830).
  • Ebraxis virgata Raf., Autik. Bot.: 29 (1840).
  • Silene antirrhina var. subglabra Engelm. & A.Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 213 (1845).
  • Silene antirrhina var. laevigata Engelm. & A.Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 213 (1845).
  • Silene antirrhina var. pteroneura Ball, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 213 (1884).
    • Silene pteroneura (Ball) F.N.Williams, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 132 (1896).
  • Silene antirrhina var. divaricata B.L.Rob., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 28: 132 (1893).
    • Silene divaricata (B.L.Rob.) Smyth, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 16: 159 (1899).
  • Silene antirrhina var. roseiflora Chodat & Hassl., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 790 (1903).
  • Silene antirrhina var. albiflora Chodat & Hassl., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 790 (1903).
  • Silene antirrhina var. vaccarifolia Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 407 (1904).
  • Silene antirrhina var. depauperata Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 408 (1904).
  • Silene antirrhina f. deaneana Fernald, Rhodora 17: 96 (1915).
  • Silene antirrhina var. confinis Fernald, Rhodora 17: 97 (1915).
  • Silene antirrhina f. apetela Farw., Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 97 (1924).
  • Silene antirrhina f. bicolor Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 55 (1928).

Homonyms

• Silene antirrhina hort. ex Otth in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 378 (1824), nom. illeg. = Silene diversifolia subsp. diversifolia.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced) Regional: Middle Europe Germany. Continental: Asia-Temperate (introduced) Regional: Eastern Asia Japan. Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest, Mexican Pacific Islands (extinct). Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 419. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jarvis, C.E. 2007. Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types. London: Linnean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, ISBN 978-0-9506207-7-0, 1016 pp. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene antirrhina. Accessed: 2026 March 09.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Silene antirrhina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene antirrhina. Accessed: 09 March 2026. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Silene antirrhina. Published online. Accessed: 12 September 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Silene antirrhina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 September 2019. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Silene antirrhina in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-April-2012. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Sleepy Catchfly
• suomi: Tervakohokki
• 中文: 叉枝金鱼蝇子草

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