Silene sclerocarpa

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. Silene
Species: Silene sclerocarpa

Name

Silene sclerocarpa Dufour, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7(4): 245 (1860).

• Lectotype (designated by Talavera & Muñoz Garmendia 1989: 411): [Spain, Játiva] "in collibus aridis saxosis saetabensibus", Dufour 628 p.p. (BORD; isolectotypes: BORD, G-DC, MA 30647).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Silene cerastoides var. sclerocarpa (Dufour) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 97 (1878).
• Heterotypic
  • Silene micropetala DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 146 (1813), nom. illeg.
  • Silene clusii Schott ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 583 (1841), nom. inval.
  • Silene cerastoides var. dunensis Alleiz., Herb. Alg.: 33 (1922).
  • Silene tridentata var. arenicola Sennen & Mauricio in É.M.G.Sennen, Diagn. Nouv.: 228 (1936).
  • Silene cerastoides var. emporitana O.Bolòs & Vigo in J.Ros & al., Sist. Nat. Illes Medes: 146 (1984).
• Misapplied names
  • Silene cerastoides auct. omn. [non L., Sp. Pl. 1: 417 (1753)].
  • Silene coarctata auct. [non Lag., Elench. Pl.: 15 (1816)].

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Portugal, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Kriti, Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Dufour, J.-M.L. 1860. Diagnoses et observations critiques sur quelques plantes d'Espagne mal connues ou nouvelles (Suite). Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 7(4): 221–227 DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1860.10826242 BHL, 240–247 DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1860.10826247 BHL, (5): 323–328 DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1860.10829449 BHL, 347–352 DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1860.10829457 BHL, (6): 426–433 DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1860.10829469 BHL, 441–448 DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1860.10829473 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Talavera, S. & Muñoz Garmendia, J.F. 1989. Sinopsis del género Silene L. (Caryophyllaceae) en la Península Ibérica y Baleares. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 45(2): 407–460. 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. 

Links

• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Silene sclerocarpa in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 11.Reference page.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene sclerocarpa. Accessed: 2026 January 11.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Silene sclerocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene sclerocarpa. Accessed: 11 January 2026. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene sclerocarpa. Published online. Accessed: 11 January 2026. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2026. Silene sclerocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 January 2026. Reference page.

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