Silene noctiflora

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Family:CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Species:Silene noctiflora Linnaeus
Common Name:Night Flowering Catchfly; Sticky Cockle; Sticky Campion
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SINO
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Status:Not Native
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Classification

FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE - Pink family
Genus Silene
Species Silene noctiflora Linnaeus - Night Flowering Catchfly; Sticky Cockle; Sticky Campion

Citation

Citation SILENE NOCTIFLORA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 419. 1753.
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Type: Without data (lectotype: S-LINN 183.7). Lectotypified by Jonsell & C. E. Jarvis, Nordic J. Bot. 14: 159. 1994.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Elisanthe noctiflora Elisanthe noctiflora (Linnaeus) Ruprecht, Fl. Ingr. 161. 1860.Silene noctiflora Linnaeus 1753. 
Lychnis noctiflora Lychnis noctiflora (Linnaeus) Schreber, Spicil. Fl. Lips. 31. 1771.Silene noctiflora Linnaeus 1753. 
Melandrium noctiflorum Melandrium noctiflorum (Linnaeus) Fries, Bot. Not. 1842: 178. 1842.Silene noctiflora Linnaeus 1753. 
Saponaria noctiflora Saponaria noctiflora (Linnaeus) Fenzl ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 93. 1878.Silene noctiflora Linnaeus 1753. 
Silene membranacea Silene membranacea Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 164. 1806.  
Silene viscida Silene viscida Moench, Methodus 708. 1794, nom. illegit.Silene noctiflora Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

No specimens exist for this species.