Silene arguta

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sileneae
Genus: Silene
Subgenus: S. subg. Silene
Sectio: S. sect. Auriculatae
Species: Silene arguta

Name

Silene arguta Fenzl, Pug. Pl. Nov. Syr.: 8 (1842).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Silene sisianica Boiss. & Buhse, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 36 (1860).
    • Silene arguta var. sisianica (Boiss. & Buhse) Rohrb., Monogr. Silene: 136 (1868).
    • Silene aucheriana subsp. sisianica (Boiss. & Buhse) Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 314 (1910).
  • Silene aucheriana var. glabrescens Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 19: 216 (1906).
  • Silene prilipkoana Schischk., Trudy Bot. Inst. (Baku) 2: 277 (1936).
  • Silene pachyneura Schischk., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 7: 191 (1938).

Homonyms

• Silene arguta Boiss. & Buhse in P.E.Boissier, Fl. Orient. 1: 642 (1867), nom. illeg. homonym. post. = Silene peduncularis Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1, 1: 30 (1843).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fenzl, E. 1842. Pugillus Plantarum Novarum Syriae et Tauri Occidentalis Primus. Fridericus Beck, Vindobonae. [III] + 18 pp. Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene arguta. Accessed: 2026 March 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Silene arguta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 February 07. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora.. Silene arguta. Accessed: 07 February 2026. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene arguta. Published online. Accessed: 07 February 2026. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2026. Silene arguta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 March 2026. Reference page.

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