Genus Lychnis L.

Usually considered a synonym of Silene L.


Summary
Genus number:
7048
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Caryophyllaceae
Subfamily:
Caryophylloideae
Tribe:
Sileneae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
a rejected (nom. rej.), heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) of Silene L., nom. cons.


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References:
  1. Bittrich, V. 1993. Caryophyllaceae. In: Kubitzki, K., ed., The families and genera of vascular plants. 2:233. Note: accepts
  2. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Silene L.
  3. Greuter, W. 1995. Silene (Caryophyllaceae) in Greece: a subgeneric and sectional classification. Taxon 44:556. Note: = Silene subg. Lychnis
  4. Oxelman, B. et al. 2000. A revised generic classification of the tribe Sileneae (Caryophyllaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 20:743-748. Note: accepts
  5. Rabeler, R. K. 1992. (1034) Proposal to conserve 2490 Silene L. against Lychnis L. (Caryophyllaceae). Taxon 41:126-128. Note: proposal to conserve Silene over Lychnis
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=7048. Accessed 11 May 2026.