Silene: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Silene
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Silene
Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Containing nearly 900 species, it is the largest genus in the family. Common names include campion and catchfly. Many Silene species are widely distributed, particularly in the northern hemisphere.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Atocion
- Behenantha
- Lychnis
- Silene
- Silene abietum
- Silene capitellata
- Silene catesbaei
- Silene chirensis
- Silene choulettii
- Silene cryptopetala
- Silene degeneri
- Silene dissecta
- Silene dumanii
- Silene dyris
- Silene eugeniae
- Silene fruticulosa
- Silene helleboriflora
- Silene heterodonta
- Silene hidaka-alpina
- Silene incurvifolia
- Silene jailensis
- Silene julaensis
- Silene longicarpophora
- Silene maeotica
- Silene makmeliana
- Silene maurorum
- Silene michelsonii
- Silene nerimaniae
- Silene obscura
- Silene ohwii
- Silene oligotricha
- Silene pterosperma
- Silene rhiphaena
- Silene schizopetala
- Silene turczaninovii
- Silene yildirimlii
- Silene zayuensis
- Silene zuntoreica






































