Silene cythnia

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. Siphonomorpha
Species: Silene cythnia

Name

Silene cythnia (Halácsy) Walters, Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 69: 46 (1964).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Silene italica var. cythnia Halácsy, Consp. Fl. Graec. 1: 184 (1900).
    • Typus: [Greece, Kiklades] "in insula Cythno", 18 May 1892, Tuntas (WU-Hal).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Halácsy, E.v. 1900–1901. Conspectus Florae Graecae. Vol. 1, parts 1–2, 825 pp. [Ranunculaceae – Dipsacaceae]. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Guilelmus Engelmann. BHL Reference page. 
• Walters, S.M. 1964. Notes on European Silene. Pp. 46–49 in Heywood, V.H. (ed.), Notulae systematicae ad Floram Europaeam spectantes. No. 3. Feddes Repertorium 69(1): 1–62. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kougioumoutzis, K., Tiniakou, A., Georgiou, O. & Georgiadis, T. 2014. Contribution to the Flora of the South Aegean Volcanic Arc: Kimolos Island (Kiklades, Greece). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 71(2): 135–160. DOI: 10.1017/S0960428614000055 Reference page. 
• Naciri, Y., Du Pasquier, P.-E., Lundberg, M., Jeanmonod, D. & Oxelman, B. 2017. A phylogenetic circumscription of Silene sect. Siphonomorpha (Caryophyllaceae) in the Mediterranean Basin. Taxon 66(1): 91–108. DOI: 10.12705/661.5 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: 12 in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2026 2026 February.Reference page.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene cythnia. Accessed: 2026 February 14.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Silene cythnia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 February 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene cythnia. Published online. Accessed: 12 February 2026. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene cythnia. Accessed: 12 February 2026. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2026. Silene cythnia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 February 2026. Reference page.

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