Silene csereii

Silene csereii

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
Species: Silene csereii

Name

Silene csereii Baumg., Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 345 (1817).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Behenantha csereii (Baumg.) Schur, Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15(2): 132 (1877).
  • Behen csereii (Baumg.) Gusul. in T.Savulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 2: 131 (1953).
  • Oberna csereii (Baumg.) Ikonn., Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 13: 120 (1976).
• Heterotypic
  • Silene saponariifolia Schott ex Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 1: 305 (1842), nom. illeg.
  • Silene conringiifolia Andrz., Trudy Kom. Vys. Uchr., Kiev 1: 19 (1860).
  • Silene schottiana Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 103 (1866).
    • Oberna schottiana (Schur) Tzvelev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 87(3): 129 (2002).
  • Silene csereii var. pusilla Savul. & Rayss, Mat. Fl. Basarab. 2: 162 (1926).
    • Silene csereii f. pusilla (Savul. & Rayss) Váczy, Contr. Bot. Univ. "Babes-Bolyai" Cluj-Napoca 1979: 364 (1979).
  • Silene aeoniopsis Bornm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 89: 112 (1936).
    • Silene csereii subsp. aeoniopsis (Bornm.) Chowdhuri, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 269 (1957).
    • Oberna aeoniopsis (Bornm.) Fedor., Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 54: 74 (1997).
  • Silene alexeji Kolak., Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 14: 65 (1948).
  • Behen csereii f. elatior Gusul. in T.Savulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 2: 664 (1953).
    • Silene csereii f. elatior (Gusul.) Váczy, Contr. Bot. Univ. "Babes-Bolyai" Cluj-Napoca 1979: 364 (1979).
  • Behen csereii f. tenella Gusul. in T.Savulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 2: 664 (1953).
    • Silene csereii f. tenella (Gusul.) Váczy, Contr. Bot. Univ. "Babes-Bolyai" Cluj-Napoca 1979: 364 (1979).
  • Silene caliacrae Jordanov & Panov, Fl. Narodna Republ. Bulg. 3: 593 (1966).
    • Oberna caliacrae (Jordanov & Panov) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 12: 427 (1977).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Finland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden (introduced). Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Poland (introduced). Regional: Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Romania. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym, East European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Krasnoyarsk (introduced). Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Türkiye. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada Ontario, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Enumeratio Stirpium Magno Transsilvaniae 3:345. 1817

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Silene csereii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Feb 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene csereii. Published online. Accessed: 5 Feb 2026. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene csereii. Accessed: 5 Feb 2026. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Silene csereii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Balkan catchfly
• suomi: Itämaittenkohokki