New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Silene

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Last Modified 03/15/2013

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Nomenclature

Silene Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 416. 1753.

List of Silene Species

Silene antirrhina Silene armeria Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica Silene conica Silene csereii Silene dichotoma Silene dioica Silene latifolia Silene nivea Silene noctiflora Silene nutans Silene stellata Silene virginica Silene vulgaris

References to Silene

  • Burleigh, J. G.; Holtsford, T. P. 2003. Molecular systematics of the eastern North American Silene (Caryophyllaceae): evidence from nuclear ITS and chloroplast trnL intron sequences. Rhodora 105: 76-90.
  • Cafferty, S.; Jarvis, C. E. 2004. Typification of Linnaean plant names in Caryophyllaceae. Taxon 53: 1049-1054.
  • Chancellor, R. J. 1986. Decline of arable weed seeds during 20 Years in soil under grass and the periodicity of seedling emergence after cultivation.
  • Fenster, C. B. et.al. 2006. Nectar reward and advertisement in hummingbird-pollinated Silene virginica (Caryophyllaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93: 1800-1807.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2005. Flora of North America. Volume 5. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. , 656 pages. (ISBN 0195222113)
  • Herlihy, C. R.; Delph, L. F. 2009. Selection lines of Silene latifolia (Caryophyllaceae) differ in how stress affects pollen production. Int. J. Plant Sci. 170: 1103-1108.
  • Huntsman, G. R.; Kelly, F. L. 1971. New distribution records for three vascular plants- Cypripedium acaule, Acer negundo, and Silene virginica- in eastern North Carolina. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 87: 174.
  • Jenkins, C.; Keller, S. R. 2011. a phylogenetic comparative study of preadaptation for invasiveness in the genus Silene Caryophyllaceae). Biological Invasions 13: 1471-1486.
  • Jurgens, A. 2006. Comparative floral morphopetrics in day-flowering, night-flowering and self-pollinated Caryophylloideae (Agrostemma, Dianthus, Saponaria, Silene, and Vaccaria). Pl. Syst. Evol. 257: 233-250.
  • McCauley, D. E. et.al. 2007. Inheritance of chloroplast DNA is not strictly maternal in Silene vulgaris (Caryophyllaceae): evidence from experimental crosses and natural populations. Amer. J. Bot. 94: 1333-1337.
  • Mitchell, R. S.; Uttal, L. J. 1969. Natural hybridization in Virginia Silene (Caryophyllaceae). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 96: 544-549.
  • Morton, J. K. 2005. Documented chromosome numbers 2005: 3. Chromosome numbers in North American species of Silene and Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae). Sida 21: 1669-1674.
  • Mulcahy, D. L. 1968. The significance of delayed pistillate anthesis in Silene alba. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 95: 135-139.
  • Popp, M.; Oxelman, B. 2007. Origin and evolution of North American polyploid Silene (Caryophyllaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 94: 330-349.
  • Reynolds, R. J. et.al. 2009. Pollinator specialization and pollination syndromes of three related North American Silene. Ecology 90: 2077-2087.
  • Wolfe, L. M. et.al. 2007. Does intraspecific hybridization contribute to the evolution of invasiveness?: an experimental test. Biological Invasions 9: 515-521. (Silene latifolia)
  • Wright, J. W.; Meagher, T. R. 2003. Pollination and seed predation drive flowering phenology in Silene latifolia (Caryophyllaceae). Ecology 84: 2062-2073.