Silene sedoides subsp. sedoides

Silene sedoides subsp. sedoides

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
Species: Silene sedoides
Subspecies: Silene sedoides subsp. sedoides

Name

Silene sedoides Poir. subsp. sedoides, autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Silene delicatula Bertol., Fl. Ital. 4: 624 (1841), as delicatulam.
  • Silene sedoides var. pachyphylla Hausskn., Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 5: 51 (1893).
    • Lectotypus (designated by Oxelman 1995: 151): [Greece, Attiki] "Laurion ad Kamariza", 10 May 1885, Haussknecht (JE; Isolectotype: JE).
    • Silene pachyphylla Hausskn. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2: 55 (1889), nom. nud.
  • Silene sedoides var. laxa Hausskn., Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 5: 51 (1893).
    • Lectotypus (designated by Oxelman 1995: 151): [Greece, Peloponnisos] "peninsula Methana", May 1885, Haussknecht (JE; Isolectotype: JE).
  • Silene sedoides var. pallescens Vierh., Österr. Bot. Z. 84: 145 (1935).
    • Lectotypus (designated by Oxelman 1995: 151): [Greece, W Kriti] "Distrikt Sphakia, im Sande an der Küste nächst Hagios Paulos", 8 April 1904, Dörfler 719 (JE; Isolectotypus: GB).
  • Silene ramosa Otth in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 380 (1824).
  • Silene ramosissima Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prod. 1(2): 297 (1809), nom. illeg., non Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 354 (1798).
    • Lectotypus (designated by Oxelman 1995: 151): [Greece, Kriti] "in rupibus maritimis Cretae", Sibthorp (K; isolectotypes: OXF, [illustration in Sibthorp & Smith, Fl. Graec.: tab. 425, 1825]).
  • Silene sicula Cirillo ex Schrank, Denkschr. Bot. Ges. Regensb. 2: 46 (1822), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, France, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Malta, Sicily), Northwest Balkan Peninsula (Croatia) Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Tunisia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel, Jordan), Türkiye. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Oxelman, B. 1995. A revision of the Silene sedoides-group (Caryophyllaceae). Willdenowia 25(1): 143–169. JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Greuter, W. 1997. Silene. Pp. 298–299 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 sedoides subsp. sedoides in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 18.Reference page.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene sedoides subsp. sedoides. Accessed: 2026 March 11.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Silene sedoides subsp. sedoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene sedoides subsp. sedoides. Accessed: 11 March 2026. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• العربية: سيلينة ناعمة
• Deutsch: Mauerpfeffer-Leimkraut
• English: Hairy Catchfly
• français: Silène faux orpin

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