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Silene pendula

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Silene pendula
'Compacta' cultivar
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:
S. pendula
Binomial name
Silene pendula
Synonyms[2]
  • Silene cisplatensis Cambess.
  • Silene crispa Moench

Silene pendula, called the nodding catchfly or drooping catchfly, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Silene, native to Italy, Greece, and Turkey, and introduced to scattered locations in North America, South America, Africa, Europe and Asia.[2] A number of cultivars are available.[3] A 2020 study showed with certainty that, despite their morphological similarities, Silene cisplatensis is not synonymous with Silene pendula.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Sp. Pl.: 418 (1753)
  2. ^ a b "Silene pendula L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Silene pendula nodding catchfly". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 13 February 2021. Other common names; ... Italian catchfly, pendulous catchfly
  4. ^ Jafari, Farzaneh; Zarre, Shahin; Gholipour, Abbas; Eggens, Frida; Rabeler, Richard K.; Oxelman, Bengt (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. hdl:2027.42/156144. S2CID 225737766.