Silene gigantea

Silene gigantea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum*: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum*: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio*: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso*: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sileneae
Genus: Silene
Subgenus: S. subg. Silene
Sectio: S. sect. Siphonomorpha
Species: Silene gigantea
Subspecies: S. g. subsp. epirota – S. g. subsp. gigantea – S. g. subsp. hellenica – S. g. subsp. rhodopea

Name

Silene gigantea (L.) L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1031 (1759).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cucubalus giganteus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1231 (1753).
    • Typus: Described from Portugal: "Lusitania" [in error]. Lectotype (designated by Greuter 1995a: 113): Herb. Linn. no. 583.26 (LINN).
• Homotypic
  • Viscago gigantea (L.) Moench, Methodus: 705 (1794).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kriti, Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria (absent), Türkiye. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–iv+825–1384 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 1031. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1231. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Greuter, W. 1995. Studies in Greek Caryophylloideae: Agrostemma, Silene, and Vaccaria. Willdenowia 25(1): 105–142. JSTOR PDF Reference page. 
• Greuter, W. 1997. Silene. Pp. 239–323 in Strid, A. & Tan, K. (eds.), Flora Hellenica. Volume One (Gymnospermae to Caryophyllaceae). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 547 pp. ISBN 3-87429-391-2. Reference page. 
• Du Pasquier, P.-E., Naciri, Y. & Jeanmonod, D. 2015. Morphological analysis of the Silene gigantea complex (Caryophyllaceae) across the Balkan Peninsula, south-western Turkey and Cyprus. Plant Systematics and Evolution 301(8): 2025–2042. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-015-1215-0 Reference page. 
• Du Pasquier, P.-E., Jeanmonod, D. & Naciri, Y. 2017. Morphological convergence in the recently diversified Silene gigantea complex (Caryophyllaceae) in the Balkan Peninsula and south-western Turkey, with the description of a new subspecies. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 183(3): 474–493. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/bow016 Reference page. 

Links

• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Silene gigantea in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 04.Reference page.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene gigantea. Accessed: 2026 February 02.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Silene gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 04. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene gigantea. Accessed: 04 November 2022. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Silene gigantea. Published online. Accessed: 04 November 2022. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Silene gigantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 November 2022. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Silene gigantea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-April-2012. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• български: Гигантско плюскавиче
• English: Large catchfly

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