List of Silene species explained

The following species in the genus Silene are recognised by Plants of the World Online:^[1]

• Silene abietum Font Quer & Maire^[2]
• Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq. – moss campion
• Silene acutidentata Bondarenko & Vved.
• Silene acutifolia Link ex Rohrb.
• Silene adelphiae Runemark
• Silene adenocalyx F.N.Williams
• Silene adenopetala Raikova
• Silene adenophora (Schischk.) Czerep.
• Silene aegaea Oxelman
• Silene aegyptiaca (L.) L.f.
• Silene aellenii Sennen
• Silene aeoniopsis Bornm.
• Silene aethiopica Burm.f.
• Silene affghanica Rohrb.
• Silene ajanensis (Regel & Tiling) Vorosch.
• Silene akaisialpina (T.Yamaz.) H.Ohashi, Tateishi & H.Nakai
• Silene akinfijewii Schmalh.
• Silene akiyamae Rajbh. & Mits.Suzuki
• Silene akmaniana Ekim & Çelik
• Silene alaschanica (Maxim.) Bocquet
• Silene albescens Boiss.
• Silene alexandri Hillebr. – Kamalo Gulch catchfly
• Silene alexandrina (Asch.) Danin
• Silene alexeji Kolak.
• Silene almolae J.Gay
• Silene alpestris Willd. ex Nyman - alpine catch-fly
• Silene alpicola Schischk.
• Silene altaica Pers.
• Silene ammophila Boiss. & Heldr.
• Silene amoena L.
• Silene ampullata Boiss.
• Silene anatolica Melzh. & A.Baytop
• Silene andarabica Podlech
• Silene andicola Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.
• Silene andryalifolia Pomel
• Silene antarctica (Kuntze) Pedersen
• Silene antirrhina L. – sleepy catchfly
• Silene antri-jovis Greuter & Burdet
• Silene aomorensis M.Mizush.
• Silene aperta Greene – naked catchfly
• Silene apetala Willd.
• Silene aprica Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
• Silene arabica Boiss.
• Silene araratica Schischk.
• Silene arenarioides Desf.
• Silene arenosa K.Koch
• Silene argaea Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
• Silene argentea Ledeb.
• Silene argentina (Pax) Bocquet
• Silene argentinensis Hauman
• Silene arghireica Vals.
• Silene argillosa Munby
• Silene arguta Fenzl
• Silene aristidis Pomel
• Silene armeria Boiss. – Sweet William catchfly
• Silene arsuzensis Özbek & Uzunh.
• Silene articulata Viv.
• Silene asclepiadea Franch.
• Silene asirensis D.F.Chamb. & Collen.
• Silene assyriaca Hausskn. & Bornm. ex Lazkov
• Silene astartes Blanche ex Boiss.
• Silene astrachanicum (Pacz.) Takht.
• Silene atlantica Coss. & Durieu
• Silene atocioides Boiss.
• Silene atrocastanea Diels
• Silene atsaensis (C.Marquand) Bocquet
• Silene aucheriana Boiss.
• Silene auriculata Sm.
• Silene auriculifolia Pomel
• Silene austroiranica Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand.
• Silene avromana Boiss. & Hausskn.
• Silene ayachica Humbert
• Silene aydosensis K.Yildiz & Erik
• Silene azirensis Coode & Cullen
• Silene baccifera (L.) Durande
• Silene badachschanica Ovcz.
• Silene badaroi Breistr.
• Silene balansae Boiss.
• Silene baldshuanica B.Fedtsch.
• Silene bamianica Gilli
• Silene banksia (Meerb.) Mabb.
• Silene baranovii Ovcz. & Kurbanb.
• Silene barbara Humbert & Maire
• Silene barbeyana Heldr. ex Boiss.
• Silene barrattei Murb.
• Silene baschkirorum Janisch.
• Silene batangensis H.Limpr.
• Silene bayburtensis Hamzaoglu & Aksoy
• Silene bazardzica Šourková
• Silene beguinotii Vals.
• Silene behboudiana Rech.f. & Esfand.
• Silene behen L.
• Silene bellidifolia Juss. ex Jacq.
• Silene bernardina S.Watson – Palmer's catchfly
• Silene bersieri Bocquet
• Silene berthelotiana Webb ex Christ
• Silene betpakdalensis Bajtenov
• Silene biafrae Hook.f.
• Silene biappendiculata Ehrh. ex Rohrb.
• Silene bilgilii E.Dogan & H.Duman
• Silene bilingua W.W.Sm.
• Silene birandiana Ekim
• Silene birgittae Bocquet
• Silene bitlisensis Tugay & Ertugrul
• Silene blepharicalyx Lidén^[3]
• Silene bobrovii Schischk.
• Silene bolanthoides Quézel, Contandr. & Pamukç.
• Silene borderei Jord.
• Silene boryi Boiss.
• Silene borysthenica (Gruner) Walters
• Silene bourgaei Webb ex Christ
• Silene boyd-klineana Halda, P.Gustafson & Vostrák
• Silene brahuica Boiss.
• Silene breviauriculata Ghaz.
• Silene brevicalyx Hartvig & Å.Strid
• Silene brevicaulis Boiss.
• Silene brevistaminea Gilli
• Silene bridgesii Rohrb. – Bridges' catchfly
• Silene bucharica Popov
• Silene bungei Bocquet
• Silene bupleuroides L.
• Silene burchellii Otth
• Silene burmanica Collett & Hemsl.
• Silene cabulica Bornm.
• Silene caesarea Boiss. & Balansa
• Silene caesia Sm.
• Silene caespitella F.N.Williams
• Silene calabra Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp.
• Silene caliacrae Jordanov & Panov
• Silene cambessedesii Boiss. & Reut.
• Silene campanula Pers.
• Silene campanulata S.Watson – Red Mountain catchfly
• Silene canariensis Spreng.
• Silene cancellata (Jacquem. ex Edgew. & Hook.f.) Majumdar
• Silene capillipes Boiss. & Heldr.
• Silene capitata Kom.
• Silene capitellata Boiss.
• Silene cappadocica Boiss. & Heldr.
• Silene caramanica Boiss. & Heldr.
• Silene cardiopetala Franch.
• Silene cariensis Boiss.
• Silene caroli-henrici Melzh.
• Silene caroliniana Walter – wild pink
• Silene cartilaginea Hub.-Mor.
• Silene caryophylloides (Poir.) Otth
• Silene cashmeriana (Royle ex Benth.) Majumdar
• Silene catholica (L.) W.T.Aiton
• Silene cattariniana Ferrarini & Cecchi
• Silene caucasica (Bunge) Boiss.
• Silene caudata Ovcz.
• Silene cephalantha Boiss.
• Silene cephallenia Heldr.
• Silene chaetodonta Boiss.
• Silene chaetodontoidea Parsa
• Silene chalcedonica (L.) E.H.L.Krause – flower of Bristol, Maltese cross, meadow campion
• Silene chamarensis Turcz.
• Silene chersonensis (Zapal.) Kleopow
• Silene chihuahuensis Standl.
• Silene chilensis (Naudin) Bocquet
• Silene chirensis A.Rich.
• Silene chlorantha (Willd.) Ehrh.
• Silene chlorifolia Sm.
• Silene chodatii Bocquet
• Silene choruhensis Hamzaoglu
• Silene choulettii Coss.
• Silene chubutensis (Speg.) Bocquet
• Silene chungtienensis W.W.Sm.
• Silene chustupica Nersesian
• Silene ciliata Pourr.
• Silene cinerea Desf.
• Silene cintrana Rothm.
• Silene circumcarmanica F.Jafari, Gholipour, Mirtadz. & Pourmirzaei
• Silene cirpicii K.Yildiz & Dadandi
• Silene cirtensis Pomel
• Silene citrina Boiss.
• Silene claryi Batt.
• Silene claviformis Litv.
• Silene cobalticola P.A.Duvign. & Plancke
• Silene cognata (Maxim.) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai
• Silene colorata Poir.
• Silene colpophylla Wrigley
• Silene commelinifolia Boiss.
• Silene confertiflora Chowdhuri
• Silene congesta Sm.
• Silene conglomeratica Melzh.
• Silene conica L. – sand catchfly
• Silene coniflora Nees ex Otth
• Silene conoidea L. – weed silene
• Silene cordifolia All.
• Silene coronaria (L.) Clairv. – rose campion
• Silene corrugata Ball
• Silene corylina D.F.Chamb. & Collen.
• Silene coutinhoi Rothm. & P.Silva
• Silene crassifolia L.
• Silene crassipes Fenzl
• Silene crassiuscula Brullo, C.Brullo, Cambria, Bacch., Giusso & Ilardi
• Silene cretacea Fisch. ex Spreng.
• Silene cretica L.
• Silene crispans Litv.
• Silene crispata Steven
• Silene cryptoneura Stapf
• Silene cryptopetala Hillebr.
• Silene csereii Baumg.
• Silene cuatrecasasii Pau & Font Quer
• Silene cuspidata Pedersen
• Silene cyrenaica Maire & Weiller
• Silene cyri Schischk.
• Silene cythnia (Halácsy) Walters
• Silene czopandagensis Bondarenko
• Silene daenensis Melzh.
• Silene dagestanica Rupr.
• Silene damascena Boiss. & Gaill.
• Silene damboldtiana Greuter & Melzh.
• Silene danaensis Danin
• Silene danielii Hadac
• Silene davidii (Franch.) Oxelman & Lidén
• Silene davidlongii Rajbh. & Mits.Suzuki
• Silene dawoensis H.Limpr.
• Silene degeneri Sherff
• Silene delavayi Franch.
• Silene delicatula Boiss.
• Silene demawendica Bornm.
• Silene demirizii K.Yildiz & Çirpici
• Silene denizliensis Aytaç
• Silene densiflora d'Urv.
• Silene dentipetala H.Chuang
• Silene depressa M.Bieb.
• Silene dianthoides Pers.
• Silene dichotoma Ehrh. – forked catchfly
• Silene diclinis (Lag.) M.Laínz
• Silene dieterlei Podlech
• Silene dinarica Spreng.
• Silene dioica (L.) Clairv. – red campion
• Silene dirphya Greuter & Burdet
• Silene dissecta Litard. & Maire
• Silene disticha Willd.
• Silene divaricata/Lychnis divaricata Clemente
• Silene diversifolia Otth
• Silene doganii A.Duran & Menemen
• Silene donetzica Kleopow
• Silene douglasii Hook. – Douglas' catchfly
• Silene drummondii Hook.
• Silene dschuparensis Bornm.
• Silene dumanii Kandemir, G.E.Genç & I.Genç
• Silene dumetosa C.L.Tang
• Silene duralii Bagci
• Silene dyris Maire
• Silene echegarayi (Hieron.) Bocquet
• Silene echinata Otth
• Silene echinosperma Boiss. & Heldr.
• Silene echinospermoides Hub.-Mor.
• Silene edgeworthii Bocquet
• Silene elisabethae Jan
• Silene elymaitica Bornm.
• Silene eminentis Özçelik
• Silene erciyesdaghensis – discovered on Mount Erciyes and named after it^[4]
• Silene eremitica Boiss.
• Silene eriocalycina Boiss.
• Silene ermenekensis Vural & Kit Tan
• Silene ertekinii Aydin & Oxelman
• Silene erubescens (Schischk.) Czerep.
• Silene erysimifolia Stapf
• Silene esquamata W.W.Sm.
• Silene eugeniae Kleopow
• Silene euxina (Rupr.) Hand.-Mazz.
• Silene eviscosa Bondarenko & Vved.
• Silene exaltata Friv.
• Silene fabaria (L.) Coyte
• Silene fabarioides Hausskn.
• Silene falcata Sm.
• Silene falconeriana Royle ex Benth.
• Silene farsistanica Melzh.
• Silene favargeri Bocquet
• Silene fedtschenkoana Preobr.
• Silene fedtschenkoi Bondarenko & Vved.
• Silene fenzlii Boiss. & Balansa
• Silene ferdowsii Joharchi, Nejati & F.Ghahrem.
• Silene ferganica Preobr.
• Silene fernandezii Jeanm.
• Silene fetissovii Lazkov
• Silene fetleri D.K.Pavlova
• Silene filifolia (Dusén) Bocquet
• Silene filipetala Litard. & Maire
• Silene firma Siebold & Zucc.
• Silene fissicalyx Bocquet & Chater
• Silene fissipetala Turcz.
• Silene flaccida Pau
• Silene flammulifolia Steud. ex A.Rich.
• Silene flavescens Waldst. & Kit.
• Silene flos-cuculi (L.) Greuter & Burdet – ragged robin
• Silene flos-jovis (L.) Greuter & Burdet – flower-of-Jove
• Silene foetida Link ex Spreng.
• Silene foliosa Maxim.
• Silene fraudatrix Meikle – North Cyprus catchfly
• Silene frivaldskyana Hampe
• Silene froedinii Rech.f.
• Silene fruticosa L.
• Silene fruticulosa M.Bieb.
• Silene fuscata Link ex Brot.
• Silene gaditana Talavera & Bocquet
• Silene galataea Boiss.
• Silene gallica L. – small-flowered catchfly
• Silene gallinyi Heuff. ex Rchb.
• Silene gangotriana Pusalkar, D.K.Singh & Lakshmin.
• Silene gasimailikensis B.Fedtsch.
• Silene gaubae Bornm. & Gauba
• Silene gavrilovii (Krasn.) Popov
• Silene gazulensis A.Galán, J.E.Cortés, Vicente Orell. & Mor.Alonso
• Silene gebleriana Schrenk
• Silene gemmata Meikle
• Silene genovevae Bocquet
• Silene georgievskyi Lazkov
• Silene germana J.Gay
• Silene gertraudiae Melzh.
• Silene gevasica Hamzaoglu
• Silene ghahremaninejadii Hoseini & Assadi
• Silene ghiarensis Batt.
• Silene gigantea L.
• Silene gillettii (Turrill) M.G.Gilbert
• Silene glaberrima Faure & Maire
• Silene glabrescens Coss.
• Silene goksuensis Budak, Hamzaoglu & Koç
• Silene goniocaula Boiss.
• Silene gonosperma (Rupr.) Bocquet
• Silene goulimyi Turrill
• Silene gracilenta H.Chuang
• Silene gracilicaulis C.L.Tang
• Silene gracilis DC.
• Silene gracillima Rohrb.
• Silene graeca Boiss. & Spruner
• Silene graminifolia Otth
• Silene grandiflora Franch.
• Silene grayi S.Watson – Gray's catchfly
• Silene × grecescui Gusul.
• Silene greenei (S.Watson ex B.L.Rob.) Howell
• Silene greywilsonii Rajbh. & Mits.Suzuki
• Silene grisea Boiss.
• Silene grisebachii (Davidov) Pirker & Greuter
• Silene grossheimii Schischk.
• Silene gubanovii Lazkov
• Silene guerbuezii Özçelik
• Silene guichardii Chevassut & Quézel
• Silene guinetii Quézel
• Silene guntensis (B.Fedtsch.) B.Fedtsch. ex Schischk.
• Silene gynodioica Ghaz.
• Silene habaensis H.Chuang
• Silene × hampeana Meusel & K.Werner
• Silene hamzaoglui Budak
• Silene haradjianii Chowdhuri
• Silene haumanii Bocquet
• Silene haussknechtii Heldr. ex Hausskn.
• Silene hawaiiensis Sherff – Hawaii catchfly
• Silene hayekiana Hand.-Mazz. & Janch.
• Silene heldreichii Boiss.
• Silene helleboriflora Exell & Bocquet
• Silene hellmannii Claus
• Silene helmandica Podlech
• Silene herbilegorum (Bocquet) Lidén & Oxelman
• Silene heterodonta F.N.Williams
• Silene heuffelii Soó
• Silene hicesiae Brullo & Signor.
• Silene hidaka-alpina (Miyabe & Tatew.) Ohwi & H.Ohashi
• Silene hideakiohbae Rajbh. & Mits.Suzuki
• Silene hifacensis Rouy ex Willk.
• Silene himalayensis (Rohrb.) Majumdar
• Silene hirticalyx Boiss. & Hausskn.
• Silene hitchguirei Bocquet
• Silene hoefftiana Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
• Silene holosteifolia Bocquet & Chater
• Silene holzmannii Heldr. ex Boiss.
• Silene hookeri Nutt. – Hooker's silene
• Silene horvati – Horvats's catchfly^[5]
• Silene huguettiae Bocquet
• Silene humilis C.A.Mey.
• Silene huochenensis X.M.Pi & X.L.Pan
• Silene hupehensis C.L.Tang
• Silene hussonii Boiss.
• Silene ibosii Emb. & Maire
• Silene ichnusae Brullo, De Marco & De Marco f.
• Silene ikonnikovii Lazkov
• Silene imbricata Desf.
• Silene inaperta L.
• Silene incisa C.L.Tang
• Silene inclinata Hub.-Mor.
• Silene incurvifolia Kar. & Kir.
• Silene indeprensa Schischk.
• Silene indica Roxb. ex Otth
• Silene insularis Barbey
• Silene integripetala Bory & Chaub.
• Silene × intermedia (Lange) Bocquet
• Silene intramongolica Lazkov
• Silene intricata Post
• Silene invisa C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire – red fir catchfly
• Silene involucrata (Cham. & Schltdl.) Bocquet
• Silene ionica Halácsy
• Silene × isabeliae P.P.Ferrer, Ferrando & E.Laguna
• Silene isaurica Contandr. & Quézel
• Silene ispartensis Ghaz.
• Silene italica (L.) Pers. – Italian catchfly
• Silene jailensis N.I.Rubtzov
• Silene jaxartica Pavlov
• Silene jeniseensis Willd.
• Silene joerstadii Wendelbo
• Silene jugora (F.N.Williams) Majumdar
• Silene julaensis Grierson
• Silene karaczukuri B.Fedtsch.
• Silene karekirii Bocquet
• Silene keiskei Miq.
• Silene kemahensis Aytaç & Kandemir
• Silene kemoniana C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Ilardi & Sciandr.
• Silene kermanensis Bornm.
• Silene khasiana Rohrb.
• Silene kialensis (F.N.Williams) Lidén & Oxelman
• Silene kingii (S.Watson) Bocquet
• Silene kirgisensis Bajtenov & Nelina
• Silene kiusiana (Makino) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai
• Silene klokovii Knjaz.
• Silene koelzii Rech.f.
• Silene konuralpii Firat & K.Yildiz
• Silene koreana Kom. – sticky catchfly^[6]
• Silene korshinskyi Schischk.
• Silene koycegizensis Dönmez & Vural
• Silene krantzii Stoughton
• Silene kremeri Soy.-Will. & Godr.
• Silene kubanensis Sommier & Levier
• Silene kucukodukii Bagci & Uysal
• Silene kudrjaschevii Schischk.
• Silene kulabensis B.Fedtsch.
• Silene kumaonensis F.N.Williams
• Silene kunawarensis Royle ex Benth.
• Silene kungessana B.Fedtsch.
• Silene kuschakewiczii Regel & Schmalh.
• Silene lacera (Steven) Sims
• Silene laciniata Cav.
• Silene laconica Boiss. & Orph.
• Silene ladyginae Lazkov
• Silene laevigata Sm. – Troödos catchfly
• Silene lagenocalyx Fenzl ex Boiss.
• Silene lagunensis C.Sm. ex Link
• Silene lamarum C.Y.Wu
• Silene lanceolata A.Gray – Kauai catchfly
• Silene lanuginosa Bertol.
• Silene lasiantha K.Koch
• Silene latifolia Poir. – white campion
• Silene laxa Boiss. & Kotschy
• Silene laxantha Majumdar
• Silene lazica Boiss.
• Silene legionensis Lag.
• Silene lemmonii S.Watson – Lemmon's catchfly
• Silene lenkoranica Lazkov
• Silene leptoclada Boiss.
• Silene leucophylla Boiss.
• Silene lhassana (F.N.Williams) Majumdar
• Silene libanotica Boiss.
• Silene lichiangensis W.W.Sm.
• Silene linae Bocquet
• Silene linearifolia Otth
• Silene lineariloba C.Y.Wu
• Silene linearis Decne.
• Silene linicola C.C.Gmel. – flaxfield catchfly
• Silene linoides Otth
• Silene lipskyi Lazkov
• Silene lithophila Kar. & Kir.
• Silene littorea Brot.
• Silene litwinowii Schischk.
• Silene lomalasinensis (Engl.) T.Harris & Goyder
• Silene longicalycina Kom.
• Silene longicarpophora (Kom.) Bocquet
• Silene longicilia (Brot.) Otth
• Silene longicornuta C.Y.Wu & C.L.Tang
• Silene longidens Schischk.
• Silene longipetala Vent.
• Silene longisepala Nasir
• Silene lucida Chowdhuri
• Silene luciliae Bocquet
• Silene lycaonica Chowdhuri
• Silene lychnidea C.A.Mey.
• Silene lydia Boiss.
• Silene lynesii C.Norman
• Silene macrodonta Boiss.
• Silene macrosolen Steud. ex A.Rich.
• Silene macrostyla Maxim.
• Silene maeotica (Klokov) Czerep.
• Silene magellanica (Desr.) Bocquet
• Silene magenta Yild. & Kiliç
• Silene makmeliana Boiss.
• Silene mandonii (Rohrb.) Bocquet
• Silene manissadjianii Freyn
• Silene marcowiczii Schischk.
• Silene margaritae Bocquet
• Silene marizii Samp.
• Silene markamensis L.H.Zhou
• Silene marmarica Bég. & A.Vacc.
• Silene marmorensis Kruckeb. – Marble Mountain catchfly
• Silene marschallii C.A.Mey.
• Silene martinolii Bocchieri & Mulas
• Silene martyi Emb. & Maire
• Silene maurorum Batt. & Pit.
• Silene media (Litv.) Kleopow
• Silene megalantha Bondarenko & Vved.
• Silene mekinensis Coss.
• Silene melanantha Franch.
• Silene melanopotamica Pedersen
• Silene melikjanii Taisumov & Teimurov
• Silene melitensis Brullo, C.Brullo, Cambria, Lanfr., S.Lanfr., Miniss., Sciand
• Silene mellifera Boiss. & Reut.
• Silene melzheimeri Greuter
• Silene mentagensis Coss.
• Silene menziesii Hook. – Menzies' campion
• Silene mesatlantica Maire
• Silene meyeri Fenzl ex Boiss. & Buhse
• Silene michelsonii Preobr.
• Silene micropetala Lag.
• Silene microphylla Boiss.
• Silene microsperma Fenzl
• Silene miksensis Firat & K.Yildiz
• Silene minae Strobl
• Silene miqueliana (Rohrb.) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai
• Silene mirei Chevassut & Quézel
• Silene mishudaghensis Gholipour & Parsa Khanghah
• Silene modesta Boiss. & Blanche
• Silene mollissima (L.) Pers.
• Silene monbeigii W.W.Sm.
• Silene monerantha F.N.Williams
• Silene mongolica Maxim.
• Silene montbretiana Boiss.
• Silene × montistellensis Ladero
• Silene moorcroftiana Benth.
• Silene morganae Freyn
• Silene morisiana Bég. & Ravenel
• Silene morrisonmontana (Hayata) Ohwi & H.Ohashi
• Silene muliensis C.Y.Wu
• Silene multicaulis Guss.
• Silene multiflora (Ehrh.) Pers.
• Silene multifurcata C.L.Tang
• Silene multinervia S.Watson – manynerve catchfly
• Silene mundiana Eckl. & Zeyh.
• Silene muradica Schischk.
• Silene muschleri Bocquet
• Silene muscipula L.
• Silene muslimii Pavlov
• Silene mutabilis L.
• Silene myongcheonensis S.P.Hong & H.K.Moon
• Silene nachlingerae A.Tiehm
• Silene namlaensis (C.Marquand) Bocquet
• Silene nana Kar. & Kir.
• Silene nangqenensis C.L.Tang
• Silene napuligera Franch.
• Silene natalii F.O.Khass. & I.I.Malzev
• Silene nefelites C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso & Ilardi
• Silene nemoralis Waldst. & Kit.
• Silene nemrutensis K.Yildiz
• Silene neoladyginae Lazkov
• Silene nepalensis Majumdar
• Silene nerimaniae G.E.Genç, Kandemir & I.Genç
• Silene nevskii Schischk.
• Silene nicaeensis All.
• Silene niederi Heldr.
• Silene nigrescens (Edgew.) Majumdar
• Silene ningxiaensis C.L.Tang
• Silene nivalis (Kit.) Rohrb.
• Silene nivea (Nutt.) Muhl. ex DC.
• Silene nizvana Melzh.
• Silene nocteolens Webb & Berthel.
• Silene noctiflora L. – night-flowering catchfly
• Silene nocturna L.
• Silene nodulosa Viv.
• Silene notarisii Ces.
• Silene novorossica Doweld
• Silene nuda (S.Watson) C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire – western fringed catchfly
• Silene nummica Vals.
• Silene nuncupanda Coode & Cullen
• Silene nuratavica Kamelin
• Silene nurensis Boiss. & Hausskn.
• Silene nutabunda Greuter
• Silene nutans L. – Nottingham catchfly
• Silene oblanceolata W.W.Sm.
• Silene obovata Schischk.
• Silene obscura Vorosch.
• Silene obtusidentata B.Fedtsch. & Popov
• Silene obtusifolia Willd.
• Silene occidentalis S.Watson – western catchfly
• Silene odontopetala Fenzl
• Silene odoratissima Bunge
• Silene oenotriae Brullo
• Silene olgae (Maxim.) Rohrb.
• Silene oligantha Boiss. & Heldr.
• Silene oligophylla Melzh.
• Silene oligotricha Hub.-Mor.
• Silene oliveriana Otth
• Silene olympica Boiss.
• Silene orbelica Greuter
• Silene oreades Boiss. & Heldr.
• Silene oregana S.Watson – Oregon silene
• Silene oreina Schischk.
• Silene oreophila Boiss.
• Silene oreosinaica Chowdhuri
• Silene orientalimongolica Kozhevn.
• Silene orientoalborzensis F.Jafari & Mirtadz.
• Silene ornata Aiton
• Silene oropediorum Coss.
• Silene orphanidis Boiss.
• Silene otites (L.) Wibel – Spanish catchfly
• Silene otodonta Franch.
• Silene ovalifolia (Regel & Schmalh.) Popov
• Silene ovata Pursh – ovate-leaved catchfly^[7]
• Silene oxelmanii Gholipour
• Silene oxyodonta Barbey
• Silene ozyurtii Aksoy & Hamzaoglu
• Silene paeoniensis Bornm. – Paeonian catchfly^[8]
• Silene paghmanica Gilli
• Silene pakistanica Lazkov
• Silene paktiensis Podlech & Melzh.
• Silene palaestina Boiss.^[9]
• Silene palinotricha Fenzl ex Boiss.
• Silene paphlagonica Bornm.
• Silene papillosa Boiss.
• Silene paradoxa L.
• Silene paranadena Bondarenko & Vved.
• Silene parishii S.Watson – Parish's catchfly
• Silene parjumanensis Podlech
• Silene parnassica Boiss. & Spruner
• Silene parrowiana Boiss. & Hausskn.
• Silene parryi (S.Watson) C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire
• Silene patagonica (Speg.) Bocquet
• Silene patula Desf.
• Silene peduncularis Boiss.
• Silene peloritana C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Miniss. & Sciandr.
• Silene pendula L.
• Silene pentelica Boiss.
• Silene perlmanii W.L.Wagner, D.R.Herbst & Sohmer – cliff-face catchfly
• Silene persepolitana Melzh.
• Silene persica Boiss.
• Silene petersonii Maguire
• Silene petrarchae Ferrarini & Cecchi
• Silene pharnaceifolia Fenzl
• Silene phoenicodonta Franch.
• Silene phrygia Boiss.
• Silene physalodes Boiss.
• Silene physocalycina (Hausskn. & Bornm.) Melzh.
• Silene pichiana Ferrarini & Cecchi
• Silene pinetorum Boiss. & Heldr.
• Silene plankii C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire
• Silene platyphylla Franch.
• Silene plurifolia Schischk.
• Silene plutonica Naudin ex Gay
• Silene poa Lidén^[10]
• Silene pogonocalyx (Svent.) Bramwell
• Silene polypetala (Walter) Fernald & B.G.Schub. – eastern fringed catchfly
• Silene pomelii Batt.
• Silene pompeiopolitana J.Gay ex Boiss.
• Silene popovii Schischk.
• Silene porandica Gilli
• Silene portensis L.
• Silene praelonga Ovcz.
• Silene praemixta Popov
• Silene pravitziana Rech.f.
• Silene prilepensis Micevski – Prilep catchfly
• Silene prilipkoana Schischk.
• Silene principis Oxelman & Lidén
• Silene procera Lidén^[11]
• Silene procumbens Murray
• Silene pruinosa Boiss.
• Silene psammitis Link ex Spreng.
• Silene pseudaucheriana Melzh.
• Silene pseudoatocion Desf.
• Silene pseudobehen Boiss.
• Silene pseudocashmeriana Bocquet & Chater
• Silene pseudofortunei H.P.Tsui & C.L.Tang
• Silene pseudoholopetala Lazkov
• Silene pseudonurensis Melzh.
• Silene × pseudotites Besser ex Rchb.
• Silene pseudoverticillata Nasir
• Silene pseudovestita Batt.
• Silene pterosperma Maxim.
• Silene pubicalycina C.Y.Wu
• Silene pubicalyx Bondarenko & Vved.
• Silene pugionifolia Popov
• Silene pungens Boiss.
• Silene puranensis (L.H.Zhou) C.Y.Wu & H.Chuang
• Silene purii Bocquet & N.P.Saxena
• Silene pygmaea Adams
• Silene qiyunshanensis X.H.Guo & X.L.Liu
• Silene quadriloba Turcz. ex Kar. & Kir.
• Silene radicosa Boiss. & Heldr.
• Silene ramosissima Desf.
• Silene rasvandica Melzh.
• Silene rechingeri Bocquet
• Silene rectiramea B.L.Rob.
• Silene regia Sims – royal catchfly, showy catchfly
• Silene reichenbachii Vis.
• Silene reinholdii Heldr.
• Silene reiseri K.Malý
• Silene renzii Melzh.
• Silene repens Patrin
• Silene requienii Otth
• Silene reticulata Desf.
• Silene retinervis Ghaz.
• Silene reverchonii Batt.
• Silene rhiphaena Pau & Font Quer
• Silene rhizophora (Muschl.) Bocquet
• Silene rhynchocarpa Boiss.
• Silene rigens Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
• Silene roemeri Friv.
• Silene roopiana Kleopow
• Silene rosiflora Kingdon-Ward ex W.W.Sm.
• Silene rosulata Soy.-Will. & Godr.
• Silene rothmaleri P.Silva
• Silene rotundifolia Nutt. – roundleaf catchfly
• Silene rouyana Batt.
• Silene rubella L.
• Silene rubricalyx (C.Marquand) Bocquet
• Silene ruinarum Popov
• Silene ruprechtii Schischk.
• Silene sabinosae Pit.
• Silene sachalinensis F.Schmidt
• Silene salamandra Pamp.
• Silene salangensis Melzh.
• Silene saldanhensis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
• Silene salicifolia C.L.Tang
• Silene salmonacea T.W.Nelson, J.P.Nelson & S.A.Erwin – Klamath Mountain catchfly
• Silene salsuginea Hub.-Mor.
• Silene samarkandensis Preobr.
• Silene samia Melzh. & Christod.
• Silene samojedorum (Sambuk) Oxelman
• Silene samothracica (Rech.f.) Greuter
• Silene sangaria Coode & Cullen
• Silene sarawschanica Regel & Schmalh.
• Silene sargentii S.Watson – Sargent's catchfly
• Silene sartorii Boiss. & Heldr.
• Silene saxatilis Sims
• Silene saxifraga L.
• Silene scabrida Soy.-Will. & Godr.
• Silene scabriflora Brot.
• Silene scaposa S.Watson
• Silene schafta J.G.Gmel. ex Hohen. – autumn catchfly
• Silene schimperiana Boiss.
• Silene schischkinii (Popov) Vved.
• Silene schizopetala Bornm.
• Silene schlumbergeri Boiss.
• Silene schmuckeri Wettst.
• Silene schugnanica B.Fedtsch.
• Silene schwarzenbergeri Halácsy
• Silene sciaphila Melzh. & Rech.f.
• Silene sclerocarpa Dufour
• Silene sclerophylla Chowdhuri
• Silene scoparia Lidén^[12]
• Silene scopulorum Franch.
• Silene scouleri Hook. – simple campion
• Silene secundiflora Otth
• Silene sedoides Poir.
• Silene seelyi C.V.Morton & J.W.Thomps.
• Silene sefidiana (Pau) Greuter & Burdet
• Silene semenovii Regel & Herder
• Silene sendtneri Boiss.
• Silene sennenii Pau
• Silene seoulensis Nakai
• Silene sericea All.
• Silene serpentinicola T.W.Nelson & J.P.Nelson – serpentine Indian pink
• Silene sessionis Batt.
• Silene setaesperma Majumdar
• Silene shahrudensis Rech.f.
• Silene shanbashakensis Rech.f.
• Silene shehbazii S.A.Ahmad
• Silene sibirica (L.) Pers.
• Silene siderophila Boiss. & Gaill.
• Silene sieberi Fenzl
• Silene simsii F.Jafari, Rabeler & Oxelman
• Silene sisianica Boiss. & Buhse
• Silene skorpilii Velen.
• Silene sojakii Melzh.
• Silene solenantha Trautv.
• Silene songarica (Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.) Bocquet
• Silene sordida Hub.-Mor. & Reese
• Silene sorensenis (B.Boivin) Bocquet – Sorensen's catchfly
• Silene spaldingii S.Watson – Spalding's silene
• Silene spergulifolia (Willd.) M.Bieb.
• Silene spinescens Sm.
• Silene splendens Boiss.
• Silene squamigera Boiss.
• Silene staintonii Ghaz.
• Silene stapfii Melzh.
• Silene stellariifolia Bocquet & Chater
• Silene stellata (L.) Coyte – starry campion
• Silene stenantha Ovcz.
• Silene stenobotrys Boiss. & Hausskn.
• Silene stenophylla Ledeb. – narrow-leafed campion
• Silene stewartiana Diels
• Silene stewartii (Edgew.) Majumdar
• Silene stockenii Chater
• Silene stracheyi Edgew.
• Silene striata Ehrenb. ex Rohrb.
• Silene stricta L.
• Silene struthioloides A.Gray
• Silene stylosa Bunge
• Silene suaveolens Kar. & Kir.
• Silene subadenophora Ovcz.
• Silene subciliata B.L.Rob.
• Silene subconica Friv.
• Silene subcretacea F.N.Williams
• Silene subodhii S.R.Kundu
• Silene succulenta Forssk.
• Silene suecica
• Silene suksdorfii B.L.Rob. – Suksdorf's silene
• Silene sumbuliana Deniz & O.D.Dü?en
• Silene sunhangii D.G.Zhang, T.Deng & N.Lin
• Silene supina M.Bieb.
• Silene surculosa Hub.-Mor.
• Silene surobica Gilli
• Silene sussamyrica Lazkov
• Silene sveae Lidén & Oxelman
• Silene swertiifolia Boiss.
• Silene syngei (Turrill) T.Harris & Goyder
• Silene sytnikii Krytzka, Novosad & Protop.
• Silene tachtensis Franch.
• Silene taimyrensis (Tolm.) Bocquet – Taymyr catchfly
• Silene takeshimensis Uyeki & Sakata
• Silene taliewii Kleopow
• Silene talyschensis Schischk.
• Silene tamaranae Bramwell
• Silene tatarica (L.) Pers.
• Silene tatarinowii Regel
• Silene taygetea Halácsy
• Silene telavivensis Zohary & Plitmann
• Silene tenella C.A.Mey.
• Silene tenuiflora Guss.
• Silene thurberi S.Watson
• Silene thymifolia Sm.
• Silene thysanodes Fenzl
• Silene tibetica Lidén & Oxelman
• Silene tokachiensis Kadota
• Silene tolmatchevii Bocquet
• Silene tomentella Schischk.
• Silene tomentosa Otth
• Silene toussidana Quézel
• Silene trachyphylla Franch.
• Silene tragacantha Fenzl ex Boiss.
• Silene trajectorum Kom.
• Silene tridentata Desf.
• Silene triflora (Bornm.) Bornm.
• Silene tuberculata (Ball) Maire & Weiller
• Silene tubiformis C.L.Tang
• Silene tubulosa Oxelman & Lidén
• Silene tunetana Murb.
• Silene tunicoides Boiss.
• Silene turbinata Guss.
• Silene turczaninovii Lazkov
• Silene turgida M.Bieb. ex Bunge
• Silene turkestanica Regel
• Silene undulata Aiton – large-flowered catchfly, gunpowder plant, wild tobacco^[13]
• Silene ungeri Fenzl
• Silene uniflora Roth – sea campion
• Silene uralensis (Rupr.) Bocquet
• Silene × urbanica Panov
• Silene urodonta Bornm.
• Silene urvillei Schott ex d'Urv.
• Silene vachschii Ovcz.
• Silene vagans C.B.Clarke
• Silene vaginans Lidén^[14]
• Silene vallesia L.
• Silene valsecchiae Bocchieri
• Silene variegata (Desf.) Boiss. & Heldr.
• Silene vautierae Bocquet
• Silene velcevii Jordanov & Panov
• Silene velebitica (Degen) Wrigley
• Silene velutina Pourr. ex Loisel.
• Silene velutinoides Pomel
• Silene ventricosa Adamovic
• Silene verecunda S.Watson – San Francisco campion
• Silene vidaliana Pau & Font Quer
• Silene villosa Forssk.
• Silene villosula (Trautv.) V.V.Petrovsky & Elven
• Silene violascens (Tolm.) V.V.Petrovsky & Elven
• Silene virescens Coss.
• Silene virgata Stapf
• Silene virginica L. – fire pink
• Silene viridiflora L.
• Silene viscaria – sticky catchfly
• Silene viscariopsis Bornm. – Mariovo catchfly^[15]
• Silene viscidula Franch.
• Silene viscosa (L.) Pers. – white sticky catchfly
• Silene vivianii Steud.
• Silene volubilitana Braun-Blanq. & Maire
• Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke – bladder campion
• Silene wahlbergella Chowdhuri – northern catchfly
• Silene waldsteinii Griseb.
• Silene wardii (C.Marquand) Bocquet
• Silene weberbaueri (Muschl.) Bocquet
• Silene wendelboi Assadi
• Silene wilfordii (Regel) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai
• Silene williamsii Britton
• Silene wolgensis (Hornem.) Otth
• Silene wrightii A.Gray
• Silene yarmalii Podlech
• Silene yemensis Deflers
• Silene yetii Bocquet
• Silene yildirimlii Dinç
• Silene yunnanensis Franch.
• Silene zangezura Elenevsky
• Silene zawadzkii Herbich
• Silene zayuensis L.H.Zhou
• Silene zhongbaensis (L.H.Zhou) C.Y.Wu & C.L.Tang
• Silene zhoui C.Y.Wu
• Silene zuntoreica Zuev

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4. Aksoy. Ahmet. Hamzaoğlu. Ergin. Kiliç. Semra. 2008-12-01. A new species of Silene L. (Caryophyllaceae) from Turkey. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. en. 158. 4. 731. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00922.x. 1095-8339. free.
5. Book: Country Study for Biodiversity of the Republic of Macedonia (First National Report. Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning. Skopje. 2003. 978-9989-110-15-3.
6. Book: English Names for Korean Native Plants. Korea National Arboretum. 2015. 978-89-97450-98-5. Pocheon. 637. 16 December 2016. Korea Forest Service. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. 25 May 2017.
7. Web site: Silene ovata Pursh . United States Department of Agriculture. 2011. USDA Plants Website. 2011-11-18.
8. Web site: Silene paeoniensis. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 2001. Flora Europaea Website. 2010-08-27.
9. Web site: Silene palaestina Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science.
10. Lidén . Magnus . Oxelman . Bengt . FLORA OF NEPAL NOTULAE IV: NEW SPECIES AND RESURRECTED NAMES IN SILENE . Edinburgh Journal of Botany . 80 . 2023-05-19 . 1474-0036 . 10.24823/ejb.2023.367 . 1–28. free .
11. Lidén . Magnus . Oxelman . Bengt . FLORA OF NEPAL NOTULAE IV: NEW SPECIES AND RESURRECTED NAMES IN SILENE . Edinburgh Journal of Botany . 80 . 2023-05-19 . 1474-0036 . 10.24823/ejb.2023.367 . 1–28. free .
12. Lidén . Magnus . Oxelman . Bengt . FLORA OF NEPAL NOTULAE IV: NEW SPECIES AND RESURRECTED NAMES IN SILENE . Edinburgh Journal of Botany . 80 . 2023-05-19 . 1474-0036 . 10.24823/ejb.2023.367 . 1–28. free .
13. http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=3952-20 Silene undulata Aiton.
14. Lidén . Magnus . Oxelman . Bengt . FLORA OF NEPAL NOTULAE IV: NEW SPECIES AND RESURRECTED NAMES IN SILENE . Edinburgh Journal of Botany . 80 . 2023-05-19 . 1474-0036 . 10.24823/ejb.2023.367 . 1–28. free .
15. Book: List of rare, threatened and endemic plants in Europe (1982 edition. 1983. COUNCIL OF EUROPE. 9789287102140. 2010-08-27.