Silene amoena

Silene amoena
Close-up of flowers
Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Silene
Species:	S. amoena
Binomial name
Silene amoena L.
Synonyms [1]
List Cucubalus dauricusPall. ex Bunge Cucubalus sibiricusWilld. ex Walp. Cucubalus staticifoliusPoir. Silene amoena subsp. igoschinaeTzvelev Silene baicalensisTurcz. Silene graminifolia var. subglabraRegel & Tiling Silene graminifolia lusus subglabraRegel Silene graminifolia lusus tenuis(Willd.) Regel Silene graminifolia var. tenuis(Willd.) Regel & Tiling Silene graminifolia f. tenuis(Willd.) Regel Silene jenisea var. latifoliaTurcz. Silene jeniseensis f. latifolia(Turcz.) Schischk. Silene jeniseensis var. latifolia(Turcz.) Y.Z.Zhao Silene repensBoiss. Silene sajanensisLess. ex Ledeb. Silene tenuifoliaOtth Silene tenuisWilld. Silene viscaginoidesHornem.

Silene amoena is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to European Russia, Siberia, Central Asia, the western Himalayas, and Mongolia. ^[1] A perennial, it is typically found in the subalpine or subarctic biomes. ^[1] It has been characterized as either a diploid or a tetraploid and is a far eastern representative of section Auriculatae. ^[2]

References

1. "Silene amoena L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 5 October 2023.
2. Petri, Anna; Pfeil, Bernard E.; Oxelman, Bengt (2013). "Introgressive Hybridization between Anciently Diverged Lineages of Silene (Caryophyllaceae)". PLOS ONE. 8 (7) e67729. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...867729P. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067729 . PMC   3704521 . PMID   23861793.