Silene corinthiaca

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

Silene corinthiaca Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier, Fl. Orient., Suppl.: 96 (1888).

Typus: Type: [Greece, Sterea Ellas] "in arenosis maritimis lsthmi Corinthiaci pr. Lutraki", 15 May 1861, Heldreich 3494 (Holotype: G-BOIS; isotype: WU).

Homotypic
- Silene kotschyi var. corinthiaca (Boiss. & Heldr.) F.N.Williams, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 121 (1896).
Heterotypic
- Silene picta Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 498 (1805), nom. illeg.
- Silene juncea Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 295 (1809), nom. illeg.
- Silene rigidula Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 299 (1809), nom. illeg.
  - Typus: [Greece, Attiki] "in monte Hymetto, prope Athenas", Sibthorp (Lectotype, designted by Coode & Cullen in Davis 1967: 227): OXF, IDC photo 45: C7 [illustration in Sibthorp, Fl. Graec.: tab. 430, 1825]).
  - Silene portensis subsp. rigidula (Sm.) Greuter & Burdet, Willdenowia 12(2): 190 (1982).
- Silene anastomosans Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 15 (1816).
  - Silene portensis var. anastomosans (Lag.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2: 55 (1889).
- Silene reticulata Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 426 (1821), nom. illeg.
- Silene filiformis Otth in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 376 (1824).
- Silene syriaca Reut., Cat. Graines Jard. Bot. Genève 1857: 4 (1858).
- Silene bicolor Friv. ex Rohrb., Monogr. Silene: 158 (1869), nom. inval.
- Silene vittata Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 51: 351 (1886).
- Silene rigidula f. major Hausskn., Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 5: 52 (1893).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Boissier, P.E.† 1888. Flora Orientalis sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto and Indiae fines hucusque observatarum. Supplementum. xxxiii + 466 pp., Genevae, Basileae & Lugduni: H. Georg. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Greuter, W. 1997. Silene. Pp. 239–323 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.

Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Silene corinthiaca in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 08.Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene corinthiaca. Accessed: 2026 January 08.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Silene corinthiaca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 08. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene corinthiaca. Accessed: 08 January 2026.Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene corinthiaca. Published online. Accessed: 08 January 2026. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2026. Silene corinthiaca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 January 2026. Reference page.