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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Lychnis

Hierarchical position of the Genus Lychnis

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Subordo  Caryophyllineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 461. 15 Nov 1895.       Familia  Caryophyllaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 299. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Pinks       Subfamilia  Lychnidoideae (Fenzl) A. Juss. in Orb. pub. Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat. 7: 501. 1846.       Tribus  Lychnideae Fenzl in Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 971. 1-14 Feb 1840.       Subtribus  Lychnidinae (Rchb.) Kitt. in A. Rich. pub. Nouv. El�m. Bot., ed. 3, Germ. transl.: 910. 1840.       Genus  Lychnis L. pub. (1753) common name: campion

Named members of the Genus Lychnis

1	Species  affinis J. Vahl ex Fries syn. Silene involucrata ssp. involucrata
2	Species  alba P. Mill. syn. Silene latifolia ssp. alba
3	Species  apetala L.
	4    Varietas  arctica (Fries) Cody syn. Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis 5    Subspecies  attenuata (Farr) Maguire syn. Silene uralensis ssp. attenuata 6    Varietas  attenuata (Farr) C.L. Hitchc. syn. Silene uralensis ssp. attenuata 7    Varietas  glabra Regel syn. Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis 8    Varietas  kingii (S. Wats.) Welsh syn. Silene kingii 9    Varietas  macrosperma (Porsild) Boivin syn. Silene macrosperma 10    Subspecies  montana (S. Wats.) Maguire syn. Silene uralensis ssp. montana 11    Varietas  montana (S. Wats.) C.L. Hitchc. syn. Silene uralensis ssp. montana
12	Species  apetela L.
	13    Varietas  elatior Regel syn. Silene involucrata ssp. elatior
14	Species  attenuata Farr syn. Silene uralensis ssp. attenuata
15	Species  chalcedonica L. common name: Maltese cross
16	Species  coeli-rosa (L.) Desr. syn. Silene coeli-rosa
17	Species  cognata Maxim. syn. Lychnis fulgens
18	Species  coronaria (L.) Desr. common name: rose campion
19	Species  dioica L. syn. Silene dioica
20	Species  drummondii (Hook.) S. Wats.
	21    Varietas  heterochroma Boivin syn. Silene drummondii var. striata 22    Varietas  striata (Rydb.) Maguire syn. Silene drummondii var. striata
23	Species  flos-cuculi L. common name: ragged robin
24	Species  fulgens Fisch. ex Sims common name: brilliant campion
25	Species  furcata (Raf.) Fern.
	26    Subspecies  elatior (Regel) Maguire syn. Silene involucrata ssp. elatior
27	Species  gillettii Boivin syn. Silene involucrata ssp. involucrata
28	Species  kingii S. Wats. syn. Silene kingii
29	Species  montana S. Wats. syn. Silene uralensis ssp. montana
30	Species  pudica Boivin syn. Silene drummondii var. drummondii
31	Species  saponaria Jessen syn. Saponaria officinalis
32	Species  sorensenis Boivin syn. Silene sorensenis
33	Species  taimyrensis (Tolm.) Polunin syn. Silene taimyrensis
34	Species  tayloriae B.L. Robins. syn. Silene tayloriae
35	Species  triflora R. Br. ex Sommerf.
	36    Subspecies  dawsonii (B.L. Robins.) Maguire syn. Silene taimyrensis 37    Varietas  dawsonii B.L. Robins. syn. Silene taimyrensis 38    Varietas  elatior (Regel) Boivin syn. Silene involucrata ssp. elatior
39	Species  vespertina Sibthorp syn. Silene latifolia ssp. alba common name: vesper campion, sticky cockle
40	Species  viscaria L. common name: clammy campion, German catchfly
41	Species  x loveae Boivin syn. Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.