Silene arabica

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

Silene arabica Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 593 (1867).

Typus: In arenosis ad radices M. Sinai ad Wadi Scheick, G.W. Schimper 411 (Holotype: G-BOIS)

Homotypic
- Silene affinis Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 1: 72 (1854), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Silene moabitica Eig, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 63(1): 74 (1931), nom. nud.
  - Silene arabica var. moabitica Zohary, Fl. Palaest. 1: 95 (1966) nom. inval.
    - Holotype: Moav, E. slopes facing Wadi Zerka Main, 1930 Eig and Zohary 1237 (HUJ).
- Silene nabathaea Gomb. & A.Camus, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 93: 125 (1947).
  - Silene arabica var. nabathaea (Gomb. & A.Camus) Zohary, Fl. Palaest. 1: 95 (1966).

Silene arabica F.N.Williams, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 66 (1896), nom. illeg., vide Silene chirensis A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 44 (1848).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Egypt.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Sinai.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Pakistan.

Boissier, E. 1867. Flora Orientalis sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto ad Indiae fines hucusque observatarum. Volumen primum. Thalamiflorae. 1017 pp. Genevae et Basileae: H. Georg. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Zohary, M. 1966. Flora Palaestina. Part 1. Equisetaceae to Moringaceae. Text and Plates. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem. xxxix + 364 pp.; 495 plates + xxiii pp. Reference page.
Melzheimer, V. 1988. Silene. Pp. 341–508 in Rechinger, K.H., Melzheimer, V., Möschl, W. & Schiman-Czeika, H. , Caryophyllaceae II – Alsinoideae et Silenoideae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.) Flora Iranica. Vol. 163. 528 pp. 504 tab., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page.

Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Silene arabica in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 19.Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene arabica. Accessed: 2026 January 19.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Silene arabica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene arabica. Accessed: 19 January 2026. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene arabica. Published online. Accessed: 19 January 2026. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2026. Silene arabica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 January 2026. Reference page.