911 Species of Genus Silene

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Silene: A Diverse and Beautiful Genus of Flowering Plants

As a plant enthusiast, I’m always fascinated by the diversity and beauty of the natural world. One genus that has particularly captured my attention is Silene, a large and diverse group of flowering plants in the Caryophyllaceae family. With nearly 900 species, Silene is the largest genus in the family, and its members can be found in a wide range of habitats across the globe.

What is Silene?

Silene plants are known for their attractive flowers, which come in a variety of colors, including white, pink, red, and purple. The flowers are often characterized by their inflated calyx, which is a cup-like structure formed by the sepals. This unique feature gives the flowers a distinctive appearance and has earned some species the common name “bladder campion.”

The genus Silene is incredibly diverse, with species ranging from small, delicate wildflowers to tall, robust plants. They can be found in a variety of habitats, including meadows, woodlands, and rocky outcrops. Some species are even adapted to extreme environments, such as alpine regions and deserts.

A Closer Look at Some Silene Species

Silene abietum Font Quer & Maire
Silene abyssinica (Hochst.) H.Neumayer
Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq.
Silene acutidentata Bondarenko & Vved.
Silene acutifolia Link ex Rohrb.
Silene adelphiae Runemark
Silene adenocalyx F.N.Williams
Silene adenopetala Raikova
Silene adenophora (Schischk.) Czerep.
Silene aegaea Oxelman
Silene aegyptiaca (L.) L.f.
Silene aellenii Sennen
Silene aethiopica Burm.f.
Silene affghanica Rohrb.
Silene afromontana F.Jafari, Oxelman & Rabeler
Silene ajanensis (Regel & Tiling) Vorosch.
Silene akaisialpina (T.Yamaz.) H.Ohashi, Tateishi & H.Nakai
Silene akinfijewii Schmalh.
Silene akiyamae Rajbh. & Mits.Suzuki
Silene akmaniana Ekim & Çelik
Silene alaschanica (Maxim.) Bocquet
Silene albescens Boiss.
Silene alexandrae B.Keller
Silene alexandri Hillebr.
Silene alexandrina (Asch.) Danin
Silene almolae J.Gay
Silene alpicola Schischk.
Silene altaica Pers.
Silene aminii Assadi
Silene aminiradii Gholipour
Silene ammophila Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene amoena L.
Silene ampullata Boiss.
Silene andarabica Podlech
Silene andicola Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.
Silene andryalifolia Pomel
Silene antarctica (Kuntze) Pedersen
Silene antirrhina L.
Silene antri-jovis Greuter & Burdet
Silene aomorensis M.Mizush.
Silene aperta Greene
Silene apetala Willd.
Silene aprica Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Silene arabica Boiss.
Silene araratica Schischk.
Silene arenarioides Desf.
Silene arenosa K.Koch
Silene argaea Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Silene argentea Ledeb.
Silene argentina (Pax) Bocquet
Silene argentinensis Hauman
Silene arghireica Vals.
Silene argillosa Munby
Silene arguta Fenzl
Silene aristidis Pomel
Silene armena Boiss.
Silene arsuzensis Özbek & Uzunh.
Silene articulata Viv.
Silene asclepiadea Franch.
Silene asirensis D.F.Chamb. & Collen.
Silene assyriaca Hausskn. & Bornm. ex Lazkov
Silene astartes C.I.Blanche ex Boiss.
Silene astrachanicum (Pacz.) Takht.
Silene atlantica Coss. & Durieu
Silene atocioides Boiss.
Silene atrocastanea Diels
Silene atsaensis (C.Marquand) Bocquet
Silene auriculata Sm.
Silene auriculifolia Pomel
Silene austroiranica Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand.
Silene avromana Boiss. & Hausskn.
Silene ayachica Humbert
Silene aydosensis K.Yıldız & Erik
Silene azirensis Coode & Cullen
Silene baccifera (L.) Durande
Silene badachschanica Ovcz.
Silene badaroi Breistr.
Silene badzhalensis Barkalov & Krestov
Silene bakhtiarica Assadi
Silene balansae Boiss.
Silene baldshuanica B.Fedtsch.
Silene bamianica Gilli
Silene banksia (Meerb.) Mabb.
Silene baranovii Ovcz. & Kurbanb.
Silene barbara Humbert & Maire
Silene barbeyana Heldr. ex Boiss.
Silene barrattei Murb.
Silene baschkirorum Janisch.
Silene batangensis H.Limpr.
Silene bayburtensis Hamzaoğlu & Aksoy
Silene bazardzica Šourková
Silene beguinotii Vals.
Silene behboudiana Rech.f. & Esfand.
Silene behen L.
Silene bellidifolia Juss. ex Jacq.
Silene bernardina S.Watson
Silene bersieri Bocquet
Silene berthelotiana Webb ex Christ
Silene betpakdalensis Bajtenov
Silene biafrae Hook.f.
Silene biappendiculata Ehrh. ex Rohrb.
Silene bilgilii E.Doğan & H.Duman
Silene bilingua W.W.Sm.
Silene birandiana Ekim
Silene birgittae Bocquet
Silene bitlisensis Tugay & Ertuğrul
Silene blepharicalyx Lidén
Silene bobrovii Schischk.
Silene bocquetiana Yıld. & Kılıç
Silene bolanderi A.Gray
Silene bolanthoides Quézel, Contandr. & Pamukç.
Silene borderei Jord.
Silene boryi Boiss.
Silene borysthenica (Gruner) Walters
Silene bourgaei Webb ex Christ
Silene boyd-klineana Halda, P.Gustafson & Vostřák
Silene brahuica Boiss.
Silene breviauriculata Ghaz.
Silene brevicalyx Hartvig & Å.Strid
Silene brevicaulis Boiss.
Silene brevistaminea Gilli
Silene bridgesii Rohrb.
Silene bucharica Popov
Silene bungei Bocquet
Silene bupleuroides L.
Silene burchellii Otth
Silene burmanica Collett & Hemsl.
Silene caesarea Boiss. & Balansa
Silene caesia Sm.
Silene caespitella F.N.Williams
Silene calabra Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp.
Silene cambessedesii Boiss. & Reut.
Silene campanula Pers.
Silene canariensis Spreng.
Silene cancellata (Jacquem. ex Edgew. & Hook.f.) Majumdar
Silene capillipes Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene capitata Kom.
Silene capitellata Boiss.
Silene caramanica Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene cardiopetala Franch.
Silene cariensis Boiss.
Silene caroli-henrici Melzh.
Silene caroliniana Walter
Silene cartilaginea Hub.-Mor.
Silene caryophylloides (Poir.) Otth
Silene cashmeriana (Royle ex Benth.) Majumdar
Silene catholica (L.) W.T.Aiton
Silene cattariniana Ferrarini & Cecchi
Silene caucasica (Bunge) Boiss.
Silene caudata Ovcz.
Silene cephalantha Boiss.
Silene cephallenia Heldr.
Silene chaetodonta Boiss.
Silene chaetodontoidea Parsa
Silene chalcedonica (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Silene chamarensis Turcz.
Silene chersonensis (Zapał.) Kleopow
Silene chihuahuensis Standl.
Silene chirensis A.Rich.
Silene chlorantha (Willd.) Ehrh.
Silene chlorifolia Sm.
Silene chloropetala Rupr.
Silene chodatii Bocquet
Silene choulettii Coss.
Silene chubutensis (Speg.) Bocquet
Silene chungtienensis W.W.Sm.
Silene ciliata Pourr.
Silene cinerea Desf.
Silene cintrana Rothm.
Silene circumcarmanica F.Jafari, Gholipour, Mirtadz. & Pourmirzaei
Silene cirpicii K.Yıldız & Dadandı
Silene cirtensis Pomel
Silene citrina Boiss.
Silene claryi Batt.
Silene claviformis Litv.
Silene cobalticola P.A.Duvign. & Plancke
Silene cognata (Maxim.) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai
Silene colorata Poir.
Silene commelinifolia Boiss.
Silene confertiflora Chowdhuri
Silene congesta Sm.
Silene conglomeratica Melzh.
Silene conica L.
Silene coniflora Nees ex Otth
Silene conoidea L.
Silene cordifolia All.
Silene coronaria (L.) Clairv.
Silene corrugata Ball
Silene corylina D.F.Chamb. & Collen.
Silene coutinhoi Rothm. & P.Silva
Silene crassifolia L.
Silene crassipes Fenzl
Silene crassiuscula Brullo, C.Brullo, Cambria, Bacch., Giusso & Ilardi
Silene cretacea Fisch. ex Spreng.
Silene cretica L.
Silene crispans Litv.
Silene crispata Steven
Silene cryptoneura Stapf
Silene cryptopetala Hillebr.
Silene csereii Baumg.
Silene cuatrecasasii Pau & Font Quer
Silene cyrenaica Maire & Weiller
Silene cyri Schischk.
Silene cythnia (Halácsy) Walters
Silene czopandagensis Bondarenko
Silene daenensis Melzh.
Silene dagestanica Rupr.
Silene damascena Boiss. & Gaill.
Silene damboldtiana Greuter & Melzh.
Silene danaensis Danin
Silene danielii Hadač
Silene davidii (Franch.) Oxelman & Lidén
Silene davidlongii Rajbh. & Mits.Suzuki
Silene dawoensis H.Limpr.
Silene degeneri Sherff
Silene delavayi Franch.
Silene delicatula Boiss.
Silene demawendica Bornm.
Silene demirizii K.Yıldız & Çirpici
Silene denizliensis Aytaç
Silene densiflora d’Urv.
Silene densifolia (Dusén) Bocquet
Silene dentipetala H.Chuang
Silene depressa M.Bieb.
Silene dianthoides Pers.
Silene dichotoma Ehrh.
Silene diclinis (Lag.) M.Laínz
Silene dieterlei Podlech
Silene dinarica Spreng.
Silene dioica (L.) Clairv.
Silene dirphya Greuter & Burdet
Silene discolor Sm.
Silene dissecta Litard. & Maire
Silene disticha Willd.
Silene divaricata Clemente
Silene diversifolia Otth
Silene doganii A.Duran & Menemen
Silene donetzica Kleopow
Silene douglasii Hook.
Silene drummondii Hook.
Silene dschuparensis Bornm.
Silene dumanii Kandemir, G.E.Genç & I.Genç
Silene dumetosa C.L.Tang
Silene duralii Bağcı
Silene dyris Maire
Silene echegarayi (Hieron.) Bocquet
Silene echinata Otth
Silene echinosperma Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene echinospermoides Hub.-Mor.
Silene edgeworthii Bocquet
Silene elisabethae Jan
Silene elymaitica Bornm.
Silene eminentis Özçelik
Silene eremitica Boiss.
Silene eriocalycina Boiss.
Silene ermenekensis Vural & Kit Tan
Silene ertekinii Aydin & Oxelman
Silene erubescens (Schischk.) Czerep.
Silene erysimifolia Stapf
Silene esquamata W.W.Sm.
Silene eugeniae Kleopow
Silene euxina (Rupr.) Hand.-Mazz.
Silene eviscosa Bondarenko & Vved.
Silene exaltata Friv.
Silene exsudans Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene fabaria (L.) Coyte
Silene fabarioides Hausskn.
Silene falcata Sm.
Silene falconeriana Royle ex Benth.
Silene farsistanica Melzh.
Silene favargeri Bocquet
Silene fedtschenkoana Preobr.
Silene fedtschenkoi Bondarenko & Vved.
Silene fenzlii Boiss. & Balansa
Silene ferdowsii Joharchi, Nejati & F.Ghahrem.
Silene ferganica Preobr.
Silene fernandezii Jeanm.
Silene fetissovii Lazkov
Silene fetleri D.K.Pavlova
Silene filifolia (Dusén) Bocquet
Silene filipetala Litard. & Maire
Silene firma Siebold & Zucc.
Silene fissicalyx Bocquet & Chater
Silene fissipetala Turcz.
Silene flaccida Pau
Silene flammulifolia Steud. ex A.Rich.
Silene flavescens Waldst. & Kit.
Silene flos-cuculi (L.) Greuter & Burdet
Silene flos-jovis (L.) Greuter & Burdet
Silene foetida Link ex Spreng.
Silene foliosa Maxim.
Silene fraudatrix Meikle
Silene frivaldszkyana Hampe
Silene fruticosa L.
Silene fruticulosa M.Bieb.
Silene fuscata Link ex Brot.
Silene gaditana Talavera & Bocquet
Silene galataea Boiss.
Silene gallica L.
Silene gallinyi Heuff. ex Rchb.
Silene gangotriana Pusalkar, D.K.Singh & Lakshmin.
Silene gasimailikensis B.Fedtsch.
Silene gaubae Bornm. & Gauba
Silene gavrilovii (Krasn.) Popov
Silene gazulensis A.Galán, J.E.Cortés, Vicente Orell. & Mor.Alonso
Silene gebleriana Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Silene gemmata Meikle
Silene genovevae Bocquet
Silene georgievskyi Lazkov
Silene germana J.Gay
Silene gertraudiae Melzh.
Silene gevasica Hamzaoğlu
Silene ghahremaninejadii Hoseini & Assadi
Silene ghiarensis Batt.
Silene gigantea (L.) L.
Silene gillettii (Turrill) M.G.Gilbert
Silene glaberrima Faure & Maire
Silene glabrescens Coss.
Silene goksuensis Budak, Hamzaoğlu & Koç
Silene goniocaula Boiss.
Silene gonosperma (Rupr.) Bocquet
Silene goulimyi Turrill
Silene gracilenta H.Chuang
Silene gracilicaulis C.L.Tang
Silene gracilis DC.
Silene gracillima Rohrb.
Silene graeca Boiss. & Spruner
Silene graminifolia Otth
Silene grandiflora Franch.
Silene grayi S.Watson
Silene × grecescui Guşul.
Silene greenei (S.Watson ex B.L.Rob.) Howell
Silene greywilsonii Rajbh. & Mits.Suzuki
Silene grisea Boiss.
Silene grisebachii (Davidov) Pirker & Greuter
Silene gubanovii Lazkov
Silene guerbuezii Özçelik
Silene guichardii Chevassut & Quézel
Silene guinetii Quézel
Silene guntensis (B.Fedtsch.) B.Fedtsch. ex Schischk.
Silene gynodioica Ghaz.
Silene habaensis H.Chuang
Silene × hampeana Meusel & K.Werner
Silene hamzaoglui Budak
Silene haradjianii Chowdhuri
Silene harae Nakai
Silene haumanii Bocquet
Silene haussknechtii Heldr. ex Hausskn.
Silene hawaiiensis Sherff
Silene hayekiana Hand.-Mazz. & Janch.
Silene heldreichii Boiss.
Silene helleboriflora Exell & Bocquet
Silene hellmannii Claus
Silene helmandica Podlech
Silene herbilegorum (Bocquet) Lidén & Oxelman
Silene heterodonta F.N.Williams
Silene heuffelii Soó
Silene hicesiae Brullo & Signor.
Silene hidaka-alpina (Miyabe & Tatew.) Ohwi & H.Ohashi
Silene hideakiohbae Rajbh. & Mits.Suzuki
Silene hifacensis Rouy ex Willk.
Silene himalayensis (Rohrb.) Majumdar
Silene hirticalyx Boiss. & Hausskn.
Silene hitchguirei Bocquet
Silene hoefftiana Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Silene holosteifolia Bocquet & Chater
Silene holzmannii Heldr. ex Boiss.
Silene hookeri Nutt.
Silene huguettiae Bocquet
Silene humilis C.A.Mey.
Silene huochenensis X.M.Pi & X.L.Pan
Silene hupehensis C.L.Tang
Silene hussonii Boiss.
Silene iberica M.Bieb.
Silene ibosii Emb. & Maire
Silene ichnusae Brullo, De Marco & De Marco f.
Silene ikonnikovii Lazkov
Silene imbricata Desf.
Silene inaperta L.
Silene incisa C.L.Tang
Silene inclinata Hub.-Mor.
Silene incurvifolia Kar. & Kir.
Silene indeprensa Schischk.
Silene indica Roxb. ex Otth
Silene insularis Barbey
Silene integripetala Bory & Chaub.
Silene × intermedia (Lange) Bocquet
Silene intramongolica Lazkov
Silene intricata Post
Silene invisa C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire
Silene involucrata (Cham. & Schltdl.) Bocquet
Silene ionica Halácsy
Silene × isabeliae P.P.Ferrer, Ferrando & E.Laguna
Silene isabellae Selvi & E.Bianchi
Silene isaurica Contandr. & Quézel
Silene ispartensis Ghaz.
Silene italica (L.) Pers.
Silene jailensis N.I.Rubtzov
Silene jaxartica Pavlov
Silene jeniseensis Willd.
Silene jiningensis Y.Z.Zhao & Z.Y.Chu
Silene joerstadii Wendelbo
Silene jugora (F.N.Williams) Majumdar
Silene julaensis Grierson
Silene karaczukuri B.Fedtsch.
Silene karajensis Assadi
Silene karakotchanensis Yıld. & Kılıç
Silene karekirii Bocquet
Silene keiskei Miq.
Silene kemahensis Aytaç & Kandemir
Silene kemoniana C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Ilardi & Sciandr.
Silene kenyana F.Jafari, Oxelman & Rabeler
Silene kermanensis Bornm.
Silene khasiana Rohrb.
Silene kialensis (F.N.Williams) Lidén & Oxelman
Silene kigesiensis (R.D.Good) F.Jafari, Oxelman & Rabeler
Silene kingii (S.Watson) Bocquet
Silene kirgisensis Bajtenov & Nelina
Silene kiusiana (Makino) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai
Silene kiwuensis (T.C.E.Fr.) F.Jafari, Oxelman & Rabeler
Silene klokovii Knjaz.
Silene koelzii Rech.f.
Silene koreana Kom.
Silene korshinskyi Schischk.
Silene koycegizensis Dönmez & Vural
Silene krantzii Stoughton
Silene kremeri Soy.-Will. & Godr.
Silene kubanensis Sommier & Levier
Silene kucukodukii Bağcı & Uysal
Silene kudrjaschevii Schischk.
Silene kulabensis B.Fedtsch.
Silene kumaonensis F.N.Williams
Silene kunawarensis Royle ex Benth.
Silene kungessana B.Fedtsch.
Silene kurdistanica Maroofi & Attar
Silene kuschakewiczii Regel & Schmalh.
Silene lacera (Steven) Sims
Silene laciniata Cav.
Silene laconica Boiss. & Orph.
Silene ladyginae Lazkov
Silene laevigata Sm.
Silene lagenocalyx Fenzl ex Boiss.
Silene lagunensis C.Sm. ex Link
Silene lamarum C.Y.Wu
Silene lanceolata A.Gray
Silene lanuginosa Bertol.
Silene lasiantha K.Koch
Silene latifolia Poir.
Silene laxa Boiss. & Kotschy
Silene laxantha Majumdar
Silene lazica Boiss.
Silene legionensis Lag.
Silene lemmonii S.Watson
Silene lenkoranica Lazkov
Silene leptoclada Boiss.
Silene leucophylla Boiss.
Silene leyseroides Boiss.
Silene lhassana (F.N.Williams) Majumdar
Silene libanotica Boiss.
Silene lichiangensis W.W.Sm.
Silene linae Bocquet
Silene linearifolia Otth
Silene lineariloba C.Y.Wu
Silene linearis Decne.
Silene linicola C.C.Gmel.
Silene linoides Otth
Silene lipskyi Lazkov
Silene lithophila Kar. & Kir.
Silene littorea Brot.
Silene litwinowii Schischk.
Silene lomalasinensis (Engl.) T.Harris & Goyder
Silene longicalycina Kom.
Silene longicarpophora (Kom.) Bocquet
Silene longicilia (Brot.) Otth
Silene longicornuta C.Y.Wu & C.L.Tang
Silene longidens Schischk.
Silene longidenticulata Charit.
Silene longipetala Vent.
Silene longisepala Nasir
Silene lucida Chowdhuri
Silene luciliae Bocquet
Silene lulakabadensis Heidari, F.Ghahrem. & Assadi
Silene lycaonica Chowdhuri
Silene lychnidea C.A.Mey.
Silene lydia Boiss.
Silene lynesii C.Norman
Silene macrodonta Boiss.
Silene macrophylla Lag.
Silene macrosolen Steud. ex A.Rich.
Silene macrostyla Maxim.
Silene maeotica (Klokov) Czerep.
Silene magellanica (Desr.) Bocquet
Silene makmeliana Boiss.
Silene mandonii (Rohrb.) Bocquet
Silene manissadjianii Freyn
Silene margaritae Bocquet
Silene mariana Pau
Silene marizii Samp.
Silene markamensis L.H.Zhou
Silene marmarica Bég. & A.Vacc.
Silene marmorensis Kruckeb.
Silene marschallii C.A.Mey.
Silene martyi Emb. & Maire
Silene maurorum Batt. & Pit.
Silene media (Litv.) Kleopow
Silene megalantha Bondarenko & Vved.
Silene mekinensis Coss.
Silene melanantha Franch.
Silene melanopotamica Pedersen
Silene melitensis Brullo, C.Brullo, Cambria, Lanfr., S.Lanfr., Miniss., Sciand
Silene mellifera Boiss. & Reut.
Silene melzheimeri Greuter
Silene mentagensis Coss.
Silene menziesii Hook.
Silene mesatlantica Maire
Silene meyeri Fenzl ex Boiss. & Buhse
Silene michelsonii Preobr.
Silene micropetala Lag.
Silene microphylla Boiss.
Silene microsperma Fenzl
Silene miksensis Fırat & K.Yıldız
Silene minae Strobl
Silene miqueliana (Rohrb.) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai
Silene mirei Chevassut & Quézel
Silene mishudaghensis Gholipour & Parsa Khanghah
Silene mollissima (L.) Pers.
Silene monbeigii W.W.Sm.
Silene monerantha F.N.Williams
Silene mongolica Maxim.
Silene montbretiana Boiss.
Silene × montistellensis Ladero
Silene moorcroftiana Benth.
Silene morganae Freyn
Silene morisiana Bég. & Ravenel
Silene morrisonmontana (Hayata) Ohwi & H.Ohashi
Silene muliensis C.Y.Wu
Silene multicaulis Guss.
Silene multiflora (Ehrh.) Pers.
Silene multifurcata C.L.Tang
Silene multinervia S.Watson
Silene mundiana Eckl. & Zeyh.
Silene muschleri Bocquet
Silene muscipula L.
Silene muslimii Pavlov
Silene myongcheonensis S.P.Hong & H.K.Moon
Silene nachlingerae A.Tiehm
Silene namlaensis (C.Marquand) Bocquet
Silene nana Kar. & Kir.
Silene nangqenensis C.L.Tang
Silene napuligera Franch.
Silene nasarovii Chepinoga
Silene nataliae F.O.Khass. & I.I.Malzev
Silene nefelites C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso & Ilardi
Silene neglecta Ten.
Silene nelsonii Mesler, M.S.Mayer & Carothers
Silene nemoralis Waldst. & Kit.
Silene nemrutensis K.Yıldız
Silene neoladyginae Lazkov
Silene nepalensis Majumdar
Silene nerimaniae G.E.Genç, Kandemir & I.Genç
Silene nevskii Schischk.
Silene nicaeensis All.
Silene niederi Heldr.
Silene nigrescens (Edgew.) Majumdar
Silene ningxiaensis C.L.Tang
Silene nivalis (Kit.) Rohrb.
Silene nivea (Nutt.) Muhl. ex DC.
Silene nizvana Melzh.
Silene nocteolens Webb & Berthel.
Silene noctiflora L.
Silene nocturna L.
Silene nodulosa Viv.
Silene notarisii Ces.
Silene novorossica Doweld
Silene nuda (S.Watson) C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire
Silene nummica Vals.
Silene nuncupanda Coode & Cullen
Silene nuratavica Kamelin
Silene nurensis Boiss. & Hausskn.
Silene nutabunda Greuter
Silene nutans L.
Silene nyalamensis (L.H.Zhou) Lidén
Silene oblanceolata W.W.Sm.
Silene obovata Schischk.
Silene obscura Vorosch.
Silene obscurinervosa Charit.
Silene obtusidentata B.Fedtsch. & Popov
Silene obtusifolia Willd.
Silene occidentalis S.Watson
Silene odontopetala Fenzl
Silene odoratissima Bunge
Silene oenotriae Brullo
Silene ohwii T.C.Hsu, C.K.Liao & S.W.Chung
Silene olgae (Maxim.) Rohrb.
Silene oligantha Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene oligotricha Hub.-Mor.
Silene oliveriana Otth
Silene olympica Boiss.
Silene ophioglossa Huan C.Wang & Feng Yang
Silene orbelica Greuter
Silene oreades Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene oregana S.Watson
Silene oreina Schischk.
Silene oreophila Boiss.
Silene oreoploca Lidén
Silene oreosinaica Chowdhuri
Silene orientalimongolica Kozhevn.
Silene orientoalborzensis F.Jafari & Mirtadz.
Silene ornata Aiton
Silene oropediorum Coss.
Silene orphanidis Boiss.
Silene otites (L.) Wibel
Silene otodonta Franch.
Silene ovalifolia (Regel & Schmalh.) Popov
Silene ovata Pursh
Silene oxelmanii Gholipour
Silene oxyodonta Barbey
Silene ozyurtii Aksoy & Hamzaoğlu
Silene paeoniensis Bornm.
Silene paghmanica Gilli
Silene pakistanica Lazkov
Silene paktiensis Podlech & Melzh.
Silene palaestina Boiss.
Silene palinotricha Fenzl ex Boiss.
Silene panjutinii Kolak.
Silene paphlagonica Bornm.
Silene papillosa Boiss.
Silene paradoxa L.
Silene paranadena Bondarenko & Vved.
Silene parishii S.Watson
Silene parjumanensis Podlech
Silene parnassica Boiss. & Spruner
Silene parrowiana Boiss. & Hausskn.
Silene parryi (S.Watson) C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire
Silene patagonica (Speg.) Bocquet
Silene patula Desf.
Silene peduncularis Boiss.
Silene peloritana C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Miniss. & Sciandr.
Silene pendula L.
Silene penduliflora F.Jafari, Keshavarzi & Doostm.
Silene pentelica Boiss.
Silene perlmanii W.L.Wagner, D.R.Herbst & Sohmer
Silene persepolitana Melzh.
Silene persica Boiss.
Silene petersonii Maguire
Silene petrarchae Ferrarini & Cecchi
Silene pharnaceifolia Fenzl
Silene phoenicodonta Franch.
Silene phrygia Boiss.
Silene physalodes Boiss.
Silene physocalycina (Hausskn. & Bornm.) Melzh.
Silene pichiana Ferrarini & Cecchi
Silene pinetorum Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene plankii C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire
Silene platyphylla Franch.
Silene plurifolia Schischk.
Silene poa Lidén
Silene pogonocalyx (Svent.) Bramwell
Silene polypetala (Walter) Fernald & B.G.Schub.
Silene pomelii Batt.
Silene popovii Schischk.
Silene porandica Gilli
Silene porphyrantha Schischk.
Silene portensis L.
Silene praelonga Ovcz.
Silene pravitziana Rech.f.
Silene prilepensis Micevski
Silene principis Oxelman & Lidén
Silene procera Lidén
Silene procumbens Murray
Silene psammitis Link ex Spreng.
Silene pseudaucheriana Melzh.
Silene pseudoatocion Desf.
Silene pseudobehen Boiss.
Silene pseudocashmeriana Bocquet & Chater
Silene pseudofortunei H.P.Tsui & C.L.Tang
Silene pseudoholopetala Lazkov
Silene pseudoindica Lidén
Silene pseudonurensis Melzh.
Silene × pseudotites Besser ex Rchb.
Silene pseudoverticillata Nasir
Silene pseudovestita Batt.
Silene pterosperma Maxim.
Silene pubicalycina C.Y.Wu
Silene pubicalyx Bondarenko & Vved.
Silene pugionifolia Popov
Silene pungens Boiss.
Silene puranensis (L.H.Zhou) C.Y.Wu & H.Chuang
Silene purii Bocquet & N.P.Saxena
Silene pygmaea Adams
Silene qiyunshanensis X.H.Guo & X.L.Liu
Silene quadriloba Turcz. ex Kar. & Kir.
Silene raddeana Trautv.
Silene radicosa Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene ramosissima Desf.
Silene rasvandica Melzh.
Silene rechingeri Bocquet
Silene rectiramea B.L.Rob.
Silene regia Sims
Silene reichenbachii Vis.
Silene reinholdii Heldr.
Silene reiseri K.Malý
Silene renzii Melzh.
Silene repens Patrin
Silene requienii Otth
Silene reticulata Desf.
Silene retinervis Ghaz.
Silene reverchonii Batt.
Silene rhiphaena Pau & Font Quer
Silene rhizophora (Muschl.) Bocquet
Silene rhynchocarpa Boiss.
Silene rigens Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Silene roemeri Friv.
Silene roopiana Kleopow
Silene rosiflora Kingdon-Ward ex W.W.Sm.
Silene rosulata Soy.-Will. & Godr.
Silene rothmaleri P.Silva
Silene rotundifolia Nutt.
Silene rouyana Batt.
Silene rubricalyx (C.Marquand) Bocquet
Silene ruinarum Popov
Silene sabinosae Pit.
Silene sachalinensis F.Schmidt
Silene salamandra Pamp.
Silene salangensis Melzh.
Silene saldanhensis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Silene salicifolia C.L.Tang
Silene salmonacea T.W.Nelson, J.P.Nelson & S.A.Erwin
Silene salsuginea Hub.-Mor.
Silene samarkandensis Preobr.
Silene samia Melzh. & Christod.
Silene samojedorum (Sambuk) Oxelman
Silene samothracica (Rech.f.) Greuter
Silene sangaria Coode & Cullen
Silene sarawschanica Regel & Schmalh.
Silene sargentii S.Watson
Silene sartorii Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene saxatilis Sims
Silene saxifraga L.
Silene scabrida Soy.-Will. & Godr.
Silene scabriflora Brot.
Silene scabrifolia Kom.
Silene scaposa S.Watson
Silene scariosa Charit.
Silene schafta J.G.Gmel. ex Hohen.
Silene schimperiana Boiss.
Silene schischkinii (Popov) Vved.
Silene schizopetala Bornm.
Silene schlumbergeri Boiss.
Silene schmalhausenii Popov
Silene schmuckeri Wettst.
Silene schugnanica B.Fedtsch.
Silene schwarzenbergeri Halácsy
Silene sciaphila Melzh. & Rech.f.
Silene sclerocarpa Dufour
Silene sclerophylla Chowdhuri
Silene scoparia Lidén
Silene scopulorum Franch.
Silene scottii (Turrill) F.Jafari, Oxelman & Rabeler
Silene scouleri Hook.
Silene secundiflora Otth
Silene sedoides Poir.
Silene seelyi C.V.Morton & J.W.Thomps.
Silene semenovii Regel & Herder
Silene sendtneri Boiss.
Silene sennenii Pau
Silene sericea All.
Silene serpentinicola T.W.Nelson & J.P.Nelson
Silene sessionis Batt.
Silene setaesperma Majumdar
Silene shahrudensis Rech.f.
Silene shanbashakensis Rech.f.
Silene shehbazii S.A.Ahmad
Silene sibirica (L.) Pers.
Silene siderophila Boiss. & Gaill.
Silene sieberi Fenzl
Silene skorpilii Velen.
Silene sojakii Melzh.
Silene solenantha Trautv.
Silene songarica (Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.) Bocquet
Silene sordida Hub.-Mor. & Reese
Silene sorensenis (B.Boivin) Bocquet
Silene spaldingii S.Watson
Silene spergulifolia (Willd.) M.Bieb.
Silene spinescens Sm.
Silene splendens Boiss.
Silene squamigera Boiss.
Silene staintonii Ghaz.
Silene stapfii Melzh.
Silene stellariifolia Bocquet & Chater
Silene stellata (L.) Coyte
Silene stenantha Ovcz.
Silene stenobotrys Boiss. & Hausskn.
Silene stenophylla Ledeb.
Silene stewartiana Diels
Silene stewartii (Edgew.) Majumdar
Silene stockenii Chater
Silene stracheyi Edgew.
Silene striata Ehrenb. ex Rohrb.
Silene stricta L.
Silene struthioloides A.Gray
Silene stylosa Bunge
Silene suaveolens Kar. & Kir.
Silene subadenophora Ovcz.
Silene subciliata B.L.Rob.
Silene subconica Friv.
Silene subcretacea F.N.Williams
Silene subodhii S.R.Kundu
Silene succulenta Forssk.
Silene suksdorfii B.L.Rob.
Silene sumbuliana Deniz & O.D.Düșen
Silene sunhangii D.G.Zhang, T.Deng & N.Lin
Silene supina M.Bieb.
Silene surculosa Hub.-Mor.
Silene surobica Gilli
Silene sussamyrica Lazkov
Silene sveae Lidén & Oxelman
Silene swertiifolia Boiss.
Silene syngei (Turrill) T.Harris & Goyder
Silene sytnikii Krytzka, Novosad & Protop.
Silene tachtensis Franch.
Silene taimyrensis (Tolm.) Bocquet
Silene takeshimensis Uyeki & Sakata
Silene taliewii Kleopow
Silene tamaranae Bramwell
Silene tatarica (L.) Pers.
Silene tatarinowii Regel
Silene taygetea Halácsy
Silene telavivensis Zohary & Plitmann
Silene tenella C.A.Mey.
Silene tenuiflora Guss.
Silene thurberi S.Watson
Silene thymifolia Sm.
Silene thyrsiantha F.Jafari, Mirtadz. & Keshavarzi
Silene thysanodes Fenzl
Silene tibetica Lidén & Oxelman
Silene tokachiensis Kadota
Silene tolmatchevii Bocquet
Silene tomentella Schischk.
Silene tomentosa Otth
Silene toussidana Quézel
Silene trachyphylla Franch.
Silene tragacantha Fenzl ex Boiss.
Silene trajectorum Kom.
Silene tridentata Desf.
Silene triflora (Bornm.) Bornm.
Silene tuberculata (Ball) Maire & Weiller
Silene tubiformis C.L.Tang
Silene tubulosa Oxelman & Lidén
Silene tunetana Murb.
Silene tunicoides Boiss.
Silene turbinata Guss.
Silene turczaninovii Lazkov
Silene turgida M.Bieb. ex Bunge
Silene turkestanica Regel
Silene undulata Aiton
Silene ungeri Fenzl
Silene uniflora Roth
Silene uralensis (Rupr.) Bocquet
Silene × urbanica Panov
Silene urodonta Bornm.
Silene urvillei Schott ex d’Urv.
Silene vachschii Ovcz.
Silene vagans C.B.Clarke
Silene vaginans Lidén
Silene vallesia L.
Silene valsecchiae Bocchieri
Silene vanchingshanensis C.Y.Wu ex Huan C.Wang & Feng Yang
Silene variegata (Desf.) Boiss. & Heldr.
Silene vautierae Bocquet
Silene velcevii Jordanov & Panov
Silene velebitica (Degen) Wrigley
Silene velutina Pourr. ex Loisel.
Silene velutinoides Pomel
Silene ventricosa Adamović
Silene verecunda S.Watson
Silene vidaliana Pau & Font Quer
Silene villosa Forssk.
Silene villosula (Trautv.) V.V.Petrovsky & Elven
Silene violacea Charit.
Silene violascens (Tolm.) V.V.Petrovsky & Elven
Silene virescens Coss.
Silene virgata Stapf
Silene virginica L.
Silene viridiflora L.
Silene viscariopsis Bornm.
Silene viscidula Franch.
Silene viscosa (L.) Pers.
Silene vivianii Steud.
Silene volubilitana Braun-Blanq. & Maire
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke
Silene wahlbergella Chowdhuri
Silene waldsteinii Griseb.
Silene wardii (C.Marquand) Bocquet
Silene weberbaueri (Muschl.) Bocquet
Silene wendelboi Assadi
Silene wilfordii (Regel) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai
Silene williamsii Britton
Silene wolgensis (Hornem.) Otth
Silene wrightii A.Gray
Silene yanoei Makino
Silene yarmalii Podlech
Silene yemensis Deflers
Silene yetii Bocquet
Silene yildirimlii Dinç
Silene yunnanensis Franch.
Silene zawadzkii Herbich
Silene zayuensis L.H.Zhou
Silene zhongbaensis (L.H.Zhou) C.Y.Wu & C.L.Tang
Silene zhoui C.Y.Wu
Silene zuntoreica Zuev

The Importance of Silene

Silene plants play an important role in their ecosystems. Their flowers provide nectar and pollen for a variety of insects, including bees, butterflies, and moths. Some species are also important food sources for birds and mammals.

In addition to their ecological importance, Silene plants have also been used by humans for a variety of purposes. Some species have medicinal properties and have been used to treat a range of ailments. Others have been used as food sources, and their young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

Conservation of Silene

While many Silene species are common and widespread, some are threatened by habitat loss, climate change, and other factors. Conservation efforts are underway to protect these vulnerable species and ensure their continued survival.

My Fascination with Silene

I’m drawn to Silene not only for its beauty but also for its diversity and resilience. The genus showcases the incredible adaptability of plants and their ability to thrive in a wide range of environments. I’m particularly interested in the ecological roles that Silene plants play and their interactions with other organisms.

I believe that Silene is a valuable and fascinating genus that deserves more attention and appreciation. I hope that by sharing my knowledge and enthusiasm, I can inspire others to learn more about these remarkable plants.