Silene burchellii

Silene burchellii

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. Silene
Species: Silene burchellii
Subspecies: S. b. subsp. burchellii – S. b. subsp. modesta – S. b. subsp. multiflora – S. b. subsp. pilosellifolia

Name

Silene burchellii Otth in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 374 (1824).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa DR Congo, Rwanda. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1824. Ordo XII. Caryophyllaceae, Silene (authored by: C.A. Otth). Pp. 367–385 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 1, Sistens Thalamiflorarum ordines LIV. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region. Volume 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29: 1–825. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-74-7. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene burchellii. Accessed: 2026 April 01.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Silene burchellii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 March 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene burchellii. Accessed: 30 March 2026. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene burchellii. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2026. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2026. Silene burchellii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2026. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: African Catchfly

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