Silene niceensis

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

Silene niceensis All., Mélanges Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin 5: 88 (1773).

Homotypic
- Lychnis niceensis (All.) Paxton, Pocket Bot. Dict.: 192 (1840), as nicæensis orth. var..
Heterotypic
- Silene littoralis Pourr., Mém. Acad. Sci. Toulouse 3: 329 (1788).
- Silene villosa Moench, Methodus: 708 (1794), nom. illeg.
- Silene arenaria Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 354 (1798).
- Silene leucophaea Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1(2): 297 (1809).
- Silene viscosissima Ten., Fl. Napol. 1(Prodr.): XXVI (1811).
- Silene vallesiaca Vahl in J.W.Hornemann, Hort. Bot. Hafn.: 418 (1813).
- Silene arenicola C.Presl, Fl. Sicul.: 153 (1826).
  - Silene niceensis var. arenicola (C.Presl) Bertol., Fl. Ital. 4: 624 (1839), as nicæensis.
- Silene subvinosa Delile, Index Seminum (Montpellier) 1838: 12 (1838).
- Silene niceensis var. pseudoramosissima Pau, Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 6: 29 (1895), misspelled as nicæensis.
- Silene niceensis var. perennis Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 23: 170 (1932), as nicaeensis orth. var..
- Silene niceensis var. gracilis Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 189 (1935), as nicaeensis ortho. var..

Silene niceensis Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 1(1): 41 (1826), doubtful.
Silene nicaeensis hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (Vienna) 1850(Adv. Bot.): [9] (1851), nom. inval. = Silene gallica var. gallica.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares (in error), Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Italy, Sicilia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Allioni, C. 1774. Auctarium ad synopsim methodicam stirpium Horti reg. Taurinensis. Mélanges de Philosophie et de Mathématique de la Société Royale de Turin 5: 53–96. BHL (preprinted in 1773 with own pagination 1–44) Reference page.

Talavera, S. 1990. Silene. Pp. 313–406 in Castroviejo, S., Laínz, M., López González, G., Montserrat, P., Muñoz Garmendia, J.F., Paiva, J.A.R. & Villar Peréz, L. (eds.), Flora Ibérica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. II. Platanaceae – Plumbaginaceae (partim). lii + 892 pp., Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico, C.S.I.C. ISBN 84-00-07034-8. 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.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene niceensis. Accessed: 2026 January 11. Misspelled as nicaeensis.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Silene niceensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene niceensis. Accessed: 11 January 2026. Reference page. Misspelled as nicaeensis.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Silene niceensis. Published online. Accessed: 16 September 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. 6300488 Silene niceensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 September 2019. Reference page. Misspelled as nicaeensis.