Silene littorea

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Silene littorea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:
S. littorea
Binomial name
Silene littorea
Brot.
Synonyms
  • Silene allophila
  • Silene halophile
  • Silene halophila
  • Silene hispanica
  • Silene littorea
  • Silene nana
  • Silene prostrata

Silene littorea is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. The species is an annual plant. [1]

The species has the gynodioecy–gynomonoecy sexual system. It is one of the most studied species with this sexual system. [2]

Distribution

The species is native to Morocco, Portugal, Spain. [3] The population of this species has been observed to be declining in Spain. [4] In Spanish, the species goes by the common name papamoscas marino.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Valle, José Carlos Del; Buide, Mª Luisa; Whittall, Justen B.; Valladares, Fernando; Narbona, Eduardo (2020-06-18). "UV radiation increases phenolic compound protection but decreases reproduction in Silene littorea". PLOS ONE. 15 (6): e0231611. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1531611D. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231611 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   7302690 . PMID   32555603.
  2. Casimiro-Soriguer, Inés; Buide, Maria L.; Narbona, Eduardo (2015-01-01). "Diversity of sexual systems within different lineages of the genus Silene". AoB Plants. 7 (plv037): plv037. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plv037. ISSN   2041-2851. PMC   4433491 . PMID   25862920.
  3. "Silene littorea Brot. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  4. Frankham, Richard; Ballou, Jonathan D.; Briscoe, David Anthony (2010). Introduction to Conservation Genetics. Cambridge University Press. p. 409. ISBN   978-0-521-87847-0.