Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Caryophyllanae > Order Caryophyllales > Family Caryophyllaceae

Silene L.

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Behen*	Moench	synonym
*Coronaria*	Schaeff.	synonym
*Cucubalus*	L.	synonym
*Elisanthe*	Rchb.	synonym
*Eudianthe*	(Rchb.) Rchb.	synonym
*Gastrolychnis*	(Fenzl) Rchb. f.	synonym
*Lychnis*	L.	synonym
*Melandrium*	Röhl.	synonym
*Oberna*	Adans.	synonym
*Otites*	Adans.	synonym
*Pleconax*	Raf.	synonym
*Polyschemone*	Schott	synonym
*Schischkiniella*	Steenis	synonym
*Steris*	Adans.	synonym
*Viscago*	Zinn	synonym
*Viscaria*	Röhl.	synonym
*Wahlbergella*	Fr.	synonym

Children

Silene abietum Font Quer & Maire
Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq.
Silene adelphiae Runemark
Silene aegaea Oxelman
Silene aegyptiaca (L.) L.
Silene aellenii Sennen
Silene akinfijewii Schmalh.
Silene akmaniana Ekim & Çelik
Silene alexandrina (Asch.) Danin
Silene alexeji Kolak.
Silene almolae J. Gay
Silene altaica Pers.
Silene ammophila Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene ampullata Boiss.
Silene anatolica Melzh. & A. Baytop
Silene andryalifolia Pomel
Silene antirrhina L.
Silene antri-jovis Greuter & Burdet
Silene apetala Willd.
Silene arabica Boiss.
Silene araratica Schischk.
Silene arenarioides Desf.
Silene arenosa K. Koch
Silene argaea Fisch. & C. A. Mey.
Silene argentea Ledeb.
Silene argillosa Munby
Silene arguta Fenzl
Silene aristidis Pomel
Silene armena Boiss.
Silene arsuzensis Özbek & Uzunh.
Silene articulata Viv.
Silene astartes Boiss.
Silene asterias Griseb.
Silene astrachanica (Pacz.) Takht.
Silene atlantica Coss. & Durieu
Silene atropurpurea (Griseb.) Greuter & Burdet
Silene auriculata Sm.
Silene auriculifolia Pomel
Silene ayachica Humbert
Silene aydosensis K. Yıldız & Erik
Silene azirensis Coode & Cullen
Silene baccifera (L.) Durande
Silene balansae Boiss.
Silene barbara Humbert & Maire
Silene barbeyana Boiss.
Silene barrattei Murb.
Silene baschkirorum Janisch.
Silene bayburtensis Hamzaoğlu & Aksoy
Silene behen L.
Silene bellidifolia Jacq.
Silene berthelotiana Webb
Silene biappendiculata Rohrb.
Silene bilgilii E. Doğan & H. Duman
Silene birandiana Ekim
Silene bitlisensis Tugay & Ertugrul
Silene bolanthoides Quézel
Silene borderei Jord.
Silene bornmuelleri Freyn
Silene boryi Boiss.
Silene borysthenica (Gruner) Walters
Silene boullui (Rouy & Foucaud) Kerguélen
Silene bourgeaui Christ
Silene brevicalyx Hartvig & Strid
Silene brevicaulis Boiss.
Silene brotheriana Sommier & Levier
Silene bupleuroides L.
Silene burchellii DC.
Silene caesarea Boiss. & Balansa
Silene caesia Sm.
Silene calabra Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp.
Silene caliacrae Jordanov & Panov
Silene cambessedesii Boiss. & Reut.
Silene campanula Pers.
Silene canariensis Willd.
Silene capillipes Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene capitellata Boiss.
Silene caramanica Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene cariensis Boiss.
Silene cartilaginea Hub.-Mor.
Silene caryophylloides (Poir.) Otth
Silene catholica (L.) W. T. Aiton
Silene caucasica (Bunge) Boiss.
Silene cephalantha Boiss.
Silene cephallenia Heldr.
Silene chaetodonta Boiss.
Silene chalcedonica E. H. L. Krause
Silene chersonensis (Zapał.) Kleopow
Silene chlorantha (Willd.) Ehrh.
Silene chlorifolia Sm.
Silene choulettii Coss.
Silene chustupica Nersesian
Silene ciliata Pourr.
Silene cinerea Desf.
Silene cirpicii K. Yıldız & Dadandi
Silene cirtensis Pomel
Silene claryi Batt.
Silene coelirosa (L.) Godr.
Silene colorata Poir.
Silene colpophylla Wrigley
Silene commelinifolia Boiss.
Silene compacta Fisch.
Silene confertiflora Chowdhuri
Silene congesta Sm.
Silene conglomeratica Melzh.
Silene conica L.
Silene coniflora Otth
Silene conoidea L.
Silene cordifolia All.
Silene corinthiaca Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene coronaria (L.) Clairv.
Silene corrugata Ball
Silene coutinhoi Rothm. & P. Silva
Silene crassipes Fenzl
Silene crassiuscula Brullo, C. Brullo, Cambria, Bacch., Giusso & Ilardi
Silene cretacea Spreng.
Silene cretica L.
Silene cryptoneura Stapf
Silene csereii Baumg.
Silene cuatrecasasii Pau & Font Quer
Silene cyrenaica Maire & Weiller
Silene cyri Schischk.
Silene cythnia (Halácsy) Walters
Silene daghestanica Rupr.
Silene damascena Boiss. & Gaill.
Silene damboldtiana Greuter & Melzh.
Silene delicatula Boiss.
Silene demirizii K. Yıldız & Çirpici
Silene densiflora d'Urv.
Silene depressa M. Bieb.
Silene dianthoides Pers.
Silene dichotoma Ehrh.
Silene diclinis (Lag.) M. Laínz
Silene dinarica Spreng.
Silene dioica (L.) Clairv.
Silene dirphya Greuter & Burdet
Silene discolor Sm.
Silene dissecta Litard. & Maire
Silene disticha Willd.
Silene diversifolia Otth
Silene doganii A. Duran & Menemen
Silene donetzica Kleopow
Silene dumanii Kandemir, G. E. Genç & İ. Genç
Silene duralii Bağcı
Silene dyris Maire
Silene echinata Otth
Silene echinosperma Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene echinospermoides Hub.-Mor.
Silene elisabethae Jan
Silene erciyesdaghensis Aksoy & Hamzaoğlu
Silene eremitica Boiss.
Silene erimicana Stapf
Silene ermenekensis Vural & Kit Tan
Silene ertekinii Aydin & Oxelman
Silene euxina (Rupr.) Hand.-Mazz.
Silene exaltata Friv.
Silene exsudans Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene fabaria (L.) Sm.
Silene fabarioides Hausskn.
Silene falcata Sibth. & Sm.
Silene fenzlii Boiss. & Balansa
Silene fernandezii Jeanm.
Silene fetleri D. K. Pavlova
Silene filipetala Litard. & Maire
Silene flavescens Waldst. & Kit.
Silene flos-cuculi (L.) Clairv.
Silene flos-jovis (L.) Clairv.
Silene foetida Spreng.
Silene fraudatrix Meikle
Silene frivaldszkyana Hampe
Silene fruticosa L.
Silene fuscata Brot.
Silene gaditana Talavera & Bocquet
Silene galatea Boiss.
Silene gallica L.
Silene gallinyi Rchb.
Silene gemmata Meikle
Silene georgievskyi Lazkov
Silene germana J. Gay
Silene gevasica Hamzaoğlu
Silene ghiarensis Batt.
Silene gigantea L.
Silene glaberrima Faure & Maire
Silene glabrescens Coss.
Silene goksuensis Budak, Hamzaoğlu & Koç
Silene goulimyi Turrill
Silene gracilis DC.
Silene graeca Boiss. & Spruner
Silene graminifolia Otth
Silene grisea Boiss.
Silene grisebachii (Davidov) Pirker & Greuter
Silene guinetii Quézel
Silene hamzaoglui Budak
Silene haradjianii Chowdhuri
Silene haussknechtii Hausskn.
Silene heldreichii Boiss.
Silene hellmannii Claus
Silene heterodonta F. N. Williams
Silene heuffelii Soó
Silene hicesiae Brullo & Signor.
Silene hifacensis Willk.
Silene hoefftiana C. A. Mey.
Silene holzmannii Boiss.
Silene humilis C. A. Mey.
Silene hussonii Boiss.
Silene iberica M. Bieb.
Silene ibosii Emb. & Maire
Silene idaea Hausskn.
Silene imbricata Desf.
Silene inaperta L.
Silene inclinata Hub.-Mor.
Silene insularis Barbey
Silene integripetala Bory & Chaub.
Silene intricata Post
Silene involucrata (Cham. & Schltdl.) Bocquet
Silene ionica Halácsy
Silene isabellae Selvi & Bianchi, E.
Silene isaurica Contandr. & Quézel
Silene ismailitica (Schweinf.) Botsch.
Silene ispartensis Ghaz.
Silene italica (L.) Pers.
Silene jailensis N. I. Rubtzov
Silene kemahensis Aytaç & Kandemir
Silene kemoniana C. Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Ilardi & Sciandr.
Silene konuralpii Fırat & K. Yıldız
Silene kremeri Soy.-Will. & Godr.
Silene kucukodukii Bağcı & Uysal
Silene lacera (Steven) Sims
Silene laconica Boiss. & Orph.
Silene laeta (Aiton) Godr.
Silene laevigata Sm.
Silene lagrangei (Coss.) Greuter & Burdet
Silene lagunensis C. Sm. ex Christ
Silene lasiantha C. Koch
Silene latifolia Poir.
Silene laxa Boiss. & Kotschy
Silene lazica Boiss.
Silene legionensis Lag.
Silene lenkoranica Lazkov
Silene leptoclada Boiss.
Silene lerchenfeldiana Baumg.
Silene leucophylla Boiss.
Silene libanotica Boiss.
Silene linearifolia Otth
Silene linearis Decne.
Silene linicola C. C. Gmel.
Silene linoides Otth
Silene littorea Brot.
Silene longicilia (Brot.) Otth
Silene longipetala Vent.
Silene lucida Chowdhuri
Silene lycaonica Chowdhuri
Silene lychnidea C. A. Mey.
Silene lydia Boiss.
Silene lynesii C. Norman
Silene macrodonta Boiss.
Silene maeotica (Klokov) Czerep.
Silene magenta Yıld. & Kılıç
Silene makmeliana Boiss.
Silene manissadjianii Freyn
Silene marcowiczii Schischk.
Silene marginata (Kit.) Kit.
Silene mariana Pau
Silene marizii Samp.
Silene marmarica Bég. & A. Vacc.
Silene marschallii C. A. Mey.
Silene martyi Emb. & Maire
Silene maurorum Batt. & Pit.
Silene media (Litv.) Kleopow
Silene mekinensis Coss.
Silene melikjanii Taisumov & Teimurov
Silene melitensis Brullo, C. Brullo, Cambria, Lanfr., S. Lanfr., Miniss., Sciandr. & Giusso
Silene mellifera Boiss. & Reut.
Silene melzheimeri Greuter
Silene mentagensis Coss.
Silene mesatlantica Maire
Silene meyeri Fenzl
Silene micropetala Lag.
Silene microsperma Fenzl
Silene miksensis Fırat & K. Yıldız
Silene minae Strobl
Silene mirabilis Rouy & Foucaud
Silene moldavica (Klokov) Šourková
Silene mollissima (L.) Pers.
Silene montbretiana Boiss.
Silene multicaulis Guss.
Silene multifida (Adams) Rohrb.
Silene multiflora (Ehrh.) Pers.
Silene muradica Schischk.
Silene muscipula L.
Silene nefelites C. Brullo, Brullo, Giusso & Ilardi
Silene neglecta Ten.
Silene nemoralis Waldst. & Kit.
Silene nemrutensis K. Yıldız
Silene nerimaniae G. E. Genç, Kandemir & İ. Genç
Silene niceensis All.
Silene niederi Boiss.
Silene nivalis (Kit.) Rohrb.
Silene nocteolens Webb & Berthel.
Silene noctiflora L.
Silene nocturna L.
Silene nodulosa Viv.
Silene nuncupanda Coode & Cullen
Silene nutabunda Greuter
Silene nutans L.
Silene obtusifolia Willd.
Silene odontopetala Fenzl
Silene oligantha Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene oligotricha Hub.-Mor.
Silene olympica Boiss.
Silene orbelica Greuter
Silene oreades Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene oreophila Boiss.
Silene oreosinaica Chowdhuri
Silene oropediorum Coss.
Silene orphanidis Boiss.
Silene otites (L.) Wibel
Silene oxyodonta Barbey
Silene ozyurtii Aksoy & Hamzaoğlu
Silene paeoniensis Bornm.
Silene palaestina Boiss.
Silene paphlagonica Bornm.
Silene papillosa Boiss.
Silene paradoxa L.
Silene parnassica Boiss. & Spruner
Silene patula Desf.
Silene paucifolia Ledeb.
Silene peduncularis Boiss.
Silene peloritana C. Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Miniss. & Sciandr.
Silene pendula L.
Silene pentelica Boiss.
Silene pharnaceifolia Fenzl
Silene phrygia Boiss.
Silene physalodes Boiss.
Silene physocalyx Ledeb.
Silene pinetorum Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene pomelii Batt.
Silene pompeiopolitana Boiss.
Silene portensis L.
Silene prilepensis Micevski
Silene prilipkoana Schischk.
Silene procumbens Murray
Silene propinqua Schischk.
Silene prostrata Spreng.
Silene psammitis Spreng.
Silene pseudoatocion Desf.
Silene pseudobehen Boiss.
Silene pseudovestita Batt.
Silene pungens Boiss.
Silene pygmaea Adams
Silene quadrifida L.
Silene raddeana Trautv.
Silene radicosa Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene ramosissima Desf.
Silene reichenbachii Vis.
Silene reinwardtii Roth
Silene repens Patrin
Silene requienii Otth
Silene reticulata Desf.
Silene reuteriana Boiss. & C. I. Blanche
Silene reverchonii Batt.
Silene rhiphaena Pau & Font Quer
Silene rhynchocarpa Boiss.
Silene roemeri Friv.
Silene roopiana Kleopow
Silene rosulata Soy.-Will. & Godr.
Silene rothmaleri P. Silva
Silene rouyana Batt.
Silene rubella L.
Silene ruprechtii Schischk.
Silene ruscifolia (Hub.-Mor. & Reese) Hub.-Mor.
Silene sabinosae Pit.
Silene salamandra Pamp.
Silene salsuginea Hub.-Mor.
Silene saltzmannii Moretti
Silene samia Melzh. & Christod.
Silene samothracica (Rech. f.) Greuter
Silene sangaria Coode & Cullen
Silene sartorii Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene saxatilis Sims
Silene saxifraga L.
Silene scabrida Soy.-Will. & Godr.
Silene scabriflora Brot.
Silene schimperiana Boiss.
Silene schlumbergeri Boiss.
Silene schmuckeri Wettst.
Silene schwarzenbergeri Halácsy
Silene sclerocarpa Dufour
Silene sclerophylla Chowdhuri
Silene scythicina Coode & Cullen
Silene secundiflora Otth
Silene sedoides Poir.
Silene sefidiana (Pau) Greuter & Burdet
Silene sendtneri Boiss.
Silene sennenii Pau
Silene sericea All.
Silene sessionis Batt.
Silene sibirica (L.) Pers.
Silene siderophila Boiss. & Gaill.
Silene sieberi Fenzl
Silene sisianica Boiss. & Buhse
Silene skorpilii Velen.
Silene solenantha Trautv.
Silene sordida Hub.-Mor. & Reese
Silene spinescens Sibth. & Sm.
Silene splendens Boiss.
Silene squamigera Boiss.
Silene stenobotrys Boiss. & Hausskn.
Silene stockenii Chater
Silene striata Rohrb.
Silene stricta L.
Silene subconica Friv.
Silene subintegra (Hayek) Greuter
Silene succulenta Forssk.
Silene suecica (Lodd.) Greuter & Burdet
Silene suffrutescens M. Bieb.
Silene sumbuliana Deniz & O. D. Düşen
Silene supina M. Bieb.
Silene surculosa Hub.-Mor.
Silene swertiifolia Boiss.
Silene syreistschikowii P. A. Smirn.
Silene sytnikii Krytzka, Novosad & Protop.
Silene taliewii Kleopow
Silene talyschensis Schischk.
Silene tatarica (L.) Pers.
Silene tatianae Schischk.
Silene telavivensis Zohary & Plitmann
Silene tenuiflora Guss.
Silene thirkeana C. Koch
Silene thymifolia Sm.
Silene tomentosa Otth
Silene tridentata Desf.
Silene tubicalyx Trinajstić & Zi. Pavletić
Silene tunetana Murb.
Silene tunicoides Boiss.
Silene turbinata Guss.
Silene tyrrhenia Jeanm. & Bocquet
Silene ungeri Fenzl
Silene uniflora Roth
Silene uralensis (Rupr.) Bocquet
Silene urvillei d'Urv.
Silene uscata Brot.
Silene vallesia L.
Silene variegata (Desf.) Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene velebitica (Degen) Wrigley
Silene velutina Loisel.
Silene velutinoides Pomel
Silene vidaliana Pau & Font Quer
Silene villosa Forssk.
Silene virescens Coss.
Silene viridiflora L.
Silene viscaria (L.) Jess.
Silene viscariopsis Bornm.
Silene viscosa (L.) Pers.
Silene vivianii Steud.
Silene volubilitana Braun-Blanq. & Maire
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke
Silene waldsteinii Griseb.
Silene wallichiana Klotzsch
Silene wolgensis (Hornem.) Otth
Silene yildirimlii Dinç
Silene zawadzkii Herbich

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: Klokëza; Lulengjitësja sources: Demiri, M. 1981: Flora Ekskursioniste E Shqiperise

Azerbaijani: Гоюнгулағы; Дағчичәйи; Дейәнәкоту; Мүрҝүоту; Отитес; Товлу гулағы sources: Karjagin, I. I. 1952: Flora Azerbajdžana 3. – Baku: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk Azerbajdžanskoj SSR

Bulgarian: Гушевица; Плюскавиче; Свиларка sources: Andreev, N. , Ančev, M. , Kožuharov, S. I. , Markova, M. , Peev, D. & Petrova, A. 1992: Opredelitel na visšite rastenija v Bălgarija. – Sofija: Nauka i izkustvo

Croatian: gušavica; pušina; rumenika sources: Nikolić, T. 2000: Flora Croatica. Index florae Croaticae, 1. – Natura Croatica 3, Suppl. 1

Czech: kohoutek; silenka; smolnička sources: Klic na kvetene Ceske republiky

Dutch: Silene sources: Meijden, R. van der 1990: Heukels' Flora van Nederland, ed. 21. – Groningen

Estonian: Põisrohi; Pugulill; Tulinelk sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Finnish: (rakko)kohokit; käenkukat; tervakot sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

German: Hühnerbiß; Leimkraut; Lichtnelke; Taubenkopf sources: Rothmaler, W. (ed. Jäger, E. J.) 2011: Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Gefäßpflanzen: Grundband, ed. 20. – Heidelberg: Spektrum

Greek: Σιληνή sources: Kabbadas, D. S. 1957–1964: Eikonographemenon botanikon-phytologikon lexikon. – Athenai

Hebrew: ציפרנית; צִפָּרְנִית sources: Danin, A.: Flora of Israel Online – http://flora.huji.ac.il

Hungarian: Enyvesszegfű; Habszegfű; Kakukkszegfű; Mécsvirág; Szegfűbogyó; Szurokszegfű sources: Simon, T. 1992: A magyarországi edényes flóra határozója. Harasztok - virágos növények. – Budapest

Latvian: guntiņa; melnodzene; plaukšķene sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Lithuanian: gaisrena; krūmsargė; naktižiedė sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Romanian: Гуша порумбарулуй; Куркубеу; Липичоасэ; Опаицэ; Опэцел; Плескаицэ sources: Gejdeman, T. S. 1986: Opredelitel' vysših rastenij Moldavskoj SSR, ed. 3. – Kisinev: Shtiintza

Russian: волдырник; горицвет; сомлевка sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences