Silene pendula
Appearance
Silene pendula | |
---|---|
'Compacta' cultivar | |
Botanical illustration | |
Scientific 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 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
[edit]- ^ Sp. Pl.: 418 (1753)
- ^ a b "Silene pendula L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "Silene pendula nodding catchfly". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
Other common names; ... Italian catchfly, pendulous catchfly
- ^ 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.