Genus Viscaria Bernh.

Usually considered a synonym of Silene L.


Summary
Genus number:
17611
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Caryophyllaceae
Subfamily:
Caryophylloideae
Tribe:
Sileneae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) against the homotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Steris Adans., nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Brummitt, R. K. 2002. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 53. Taxon 51:797. Note: proposal recommended
  2. Frajman, B. et al. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships of Atocion and Viscaria (Sileneae, Caryophyllaceae) inferred from chloroplast, nuclear ribosomal, and low-copy gene DNA sequences. Taxon 58:811-824. Note: accepts
  3. Frajman, B. et al. 2013. Taxonomic revision of Atocion and Viscaria (Sileneae, Caryophyllaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 173:194-210. Note: accepts
  4. Greuter, W. 1995. Silene (Caryophyllaceae) in Greece: a subgeneric and sectional classification. Taxon 44:557. Note: = Silene subg. Viscaria
  5. Oxelman, B. et al. 2000. A revised generic classification of the tribe Sileneae (Caryophyllaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 20:753-748. Note: accepts
  6. Oxelman, B. et al. 2001. (1476) Proposal to conserve the name Viscaria against Steris (Caryophyllaceae, Sileneae). Taxon 50:281-282.
  7. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2. Note: = Lychnis L.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=17611. Accessed 12 May 2026.