Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Caryophyllaceae Juss.
Silene L. , legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 1
416
[tax. nov.]
Linnaeus, C. (1754) , Genera Plantarum Edn. 5
193
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863) , Flora Australiensis 1
155-156
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888) , Plants, hitherto immigrated and naturalized in Victoria, with indications of their nativity and English popular names. Key to the System of Victorian Plants 1
532
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
44
[secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913) , An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2
62
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2
234
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"From Silenus, the corpulent companion of Bacchus, perhaps in allusion to the paunchy calyx of some species."
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2
359
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"From Silenus, the corpulent companion of Bacchus, perhaps in allusion to the paunchy calyx of some species"
Curtis, W.M. (1956) , The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1
63-64
[secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
152-153
[secondary reference]
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)
145
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
170
[secondary reference]
common name:
French Catchfly [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1
67
[secondary reference]
Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Central Australia
48
[secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants
275
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
98
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Caryophyllaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1
110, 114
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Caryophyllaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1
107
[secondary reference]
Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1
270-272
[secondary reference]
Bittrich, V. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993) , Caryophyllaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2
233, Fig. 40
[secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
96
[secondary reference]
Adams, L.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Victoria 3
262-263
[secondary reference]
Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1
270
[secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000) , Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1
29
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2
550
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Melandrium Röhl. legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Western Australian Herbarium (2007) , FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5
-
[secondary reference]
State Herbarium of South Australia (2008) , Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia
-
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
796
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Lychnis L. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Lychnis L. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melandrium Röhl. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melandryum Rchb. orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Melandrum Blytt orth. var.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Lychnis L. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Behen Moench nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Melandrium Röhl. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melandryum Rchb. orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Melandrum Blytt orth. var.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
