Silene reinwardtii

Silene reinwardtii

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: Silene sect. Rigidulae
Species: Silene reinwardtii

Name

Silene reinwardtii Roth, Catal. Bot. 3: 42 (1806).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Silene picta Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 498 (1805), nom. illeg.
  • Silene juncea Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 295 (1809), nom. illeg.
  • Silene rigidula Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 299 (1809), nom. illeg.
    • Typus: [Greece, Attiki] "in monte Hymetto, prope Athenas", Sibthorp (Lectotype, designted by Coode & Cullen in Davis 1967: 227): OXF, IDC photo 45: C7 [illustration in Sibthorp, Fl. Graec.: tab. 430, 1825]).
    • Silene portensis subsp. rigidula (Sm.) Greuter & Burdet, Willdenowia 12(2): 190 (1982).
  • Silene anastomosans Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 15 (1816).
    • Silene portensis var. anastomosans (Lag.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2: 55 (1889).
  • Silene reticulata Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 426 (1821), nom. illeg.
  • Silene filiformis Otth in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 376 (1824).
  • Silene syriaca Reut., Cat. Graines Jard. Bot. Genève 1857: 4 (1858).
  • Silene bicolor Friv. ex Rohrb., Monogr. Silene: 158 (1869), nom. inval.
  • Silene vittata Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 51: 351 (1886).
  • Silene corinthiaca Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier, Fl. Orient., Suppl.: 96 (1888).
    • Typus: [Greece, Sterea Ellas] "in arenosis maritimis lsthmi Corinthiaci pr. Lutraki", 15 May 1861, Heldreich 3494 (Holotype: G-BOIS; isotype: WU).
    • Silene kotschyi var. corinthiaca (Boiss. & Heldr.) F.N.Williams, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 121 (1896).
  • Silene rigidula f. major Hausskn., Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 5: 52 (1893).

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Roth, A.W. 1806. Catalecta Botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasc. 3. pp. [i–viii], [1]–350, [1–2, index pi.], [1–6, index] [1, err.], pls I–XII. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio Io. Fr. Gleditschiano. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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.  [accepting Silene corinthiaca]

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene reinwardtii. Accessed: 2026 January 08.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Silene reinwardtii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 17. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene reinwardtii. Accessed: 08 January 2026. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Silene reinwardtii. Published online. Accessed: 17 September 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Silene reinwardtii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 September 2019. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• العربية: سيلينة رينوارت
• עברית: ציפורנית מצוירת

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