Silene sect. Sclerophyllae

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. Sclerophyllae
Species: S. alexandri – S. antirrhina – S. hawaiiensis – S. lanceolata – S. perlmanii – S. struthioloides

Name

Silene sect. Sclerophyllae (Chowdhuri) F.Jafari, Oxelman & Rabeler Taxon 69(2): 356 (2020)

• Type species: Silene alexandri Hillebr, Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 28 (1888)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Silene subsect. Sclerophyllae Chowdhuri, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 243 (1957).
• Heterotypic
  • Ebraxis Raf., Autik. Bot.: 29. (1840)
    • Type: Ebraxis virgata Raf., nom. illeg. (citing S. antirrhina in synonymy) = Silene antirrhina L..

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional 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. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene sect. Sclerophyllae. Published online. Accessed: Feb 16 2026. Reference page.