Silene tridentata

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 tridentata Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 349 (1798).

Homotypic
- Silene cerastoides var. tridentata (Desf.) Lindm., Acta Horti Berg. 1(6): 11 (1891).
- Silene cerastoides subsp. tridentata (Desf.) Graebn. & P.Graebn. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(2): 104 (1920).
Heterotypic
- Silene coarctata Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 15 (1816).
  - Silene tridentata var. coarctata (Lag.) Pau, Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 25: 140 (1931).
- Silene calycina Salzm. ex Rohrb., Monogr. Silene: 99 (1869), nom. illeg.

Silene tridentata Ramond ex DC. in J.B.A.M. de Lamarck & A.P. de Candolle, Fl. Franc., ed. 3. 4: 758 (1805), nom. inval., vide Silene gallica var. gallica.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Spain. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, Palestine. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Desfontaines, R.L. 1798. Flora Atlantica sive historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro tunetano et algeriensi crescunt. Tomus primus. xx + 444 pp, 120 pl., Parisiis: Panckoucke. BHL Reference page.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene tridentata. Accessed: 2026 January 08.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Silene tridentata 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 tridentata. Accessed: 08 January 2026.Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene tridentata. Published online. Accessed: 08 January 2026. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2026. Silene tridentata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 January 2026. Reference page.