Silene sect. Lasiocalycinae

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. Lasiocalycinae
Species: S. crassipes – S. echinata – S. gallinyi – S. lagenocalyx – S. linicola – S. oropediorum – S. papillosa – S. scabrida – S. squamigera – S. sumbuliana

Name

Silene sect. Lasiocalycinae (Boiss.) Chowdhuri, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 246. (1957)

• Type species: Silene squamigera Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 38 (1843)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Silene [unranked] Lasiocalycinae Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 569. (1867)
• Homotypic
  • Silene ser. Lasiocalycinae (Boiss.) Rohrb. in Braun, Index Semin. Hort. Bot. Berol. (1867), Append. Altera [= Consp. Syst. Silenes]: 4. (1867) & in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 5, 8: 377. (1867)
  • Silene subsect. Lasiocalycinae (Boiss.) Gürke in Richter, Pl. Eur. 2: 309. (1899)
  • Silene subsect. Squamatae Chowdhuri, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 246. (1957) nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Silene subsect. Papillosae Chowdhuri in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 246. (1957)
    • Type: Silene papillosa Boiss.

References

Primary references

• Chowdhuri, P.K. 1957. Studies in the genus Silene. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 22(3): 221–278. DOI: 10.24823/nrbge.1957.2498 Internet Archive Reference page. 

Additional references

• Iamonico, D. 2017. A conspectus of Silene sect. Lasiocalycinae (Caryophyllaceae). Phyton. Annales Rei Botanicae, Horn 57(1–2): 113–127. DOI: 10.12905/0380.phyton57-2018-0113 Reference page. 
• Jafari, F., Zarre, S., Gholipour, A., Eggens, F., Rabeler, R.K. & Oxelman, B. 2020. A new taxonomic backbone for the infrageneric classification of the species-rich genus Silene (Caryophyllaceae). Taxon 69(2): 337–368. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12230 JSTOR Appendix S6 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene sect. Lasiocalycinae. Published online. Accessed: March 13 2026. Reference page. pending