Silene
Silene est genus plantarum florentium familiae Caryophyllacearum, quod, maximum familiae genus, circa 700 species continet. Multae species latam distributionem geographicam habent, praecipue in hemisphaerio septentrionali. Vocabulum Silene est forma feminina Sileni, deitatis silvestris in mythologia Graeca.

Species selectae
Inter species sunt:
Silene acaulis
Silene alexandri
Silene antirrhina
Silene aperta
Silene armeria
Silene bernardina
Silene biafrae
Silene bridgesii
Silene caliacrae
Silene campanulata
Silene capensis
Silene caroliniana
Silene caucasica
Silene colorata
Silene conica
Silene conoidea
Silene coronaria
Silene dichotoma
Silene diclinis
Silene dioica
Silene douglasii
Silene fernandezii
Silene fraudatrix
Silene gallica
Silene gazulensis
Silene grayi
Silene hawaiiensis
Silene hicesiae
Silene hookeri
Silene horvati
Silene invisa
Silene italica
Silene laciniata
Silene laevigata
Silene lanceolata
Silene latifolia
Silene lemmonii
Silene linicola
Silene maritima syn. Silene uniflora
Silene marmorensis
Silene menziesii
Silene multinervia
Silene noctiflora
Silene nuda
Silene nutans
Silene occidentalis
Silene oregana
Silene otites
Silene ovata
Silene paeoniensis
Silene parishii
Silene parryi
Silene perlmanii
Silene polypetala
Silene prilepensis
Silene regia
Silene rotundifolia
Silene rupestris
Silene salmonacea
Silene sargentii
Silene schafta
Silene scouleri
Silene seelyi
Silene sennenii
Silene serpentinicola
Silene sorensenis
Silene spaldingii
Silene stellata
Silene stenophylla
Silene suecica
Silene suksdorfii
Silene taimyrensis
Silene tomentosa
Silene undulata
Silene uniflora
Silene vallesia
Silene verecunda
Silene villosa
Silene virginica
Silene viscaria
Silene viscariopsis
Silene viscosa
Silene vulgaris
Silene wahlbergella

Notae

Bibliographia
Pink, A. 2004. Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
Quattrocchi, U. 1999. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names 4:2482. ISBN 0849326788.

Nexus externi

 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Silene

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Taxa Linnaei
Genera plantarum
Genera plantarum ex hominibus mythologicis appellata