Viscaria Explained

Viscaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, Kazakhstan, and western Siberia. Molecular studies attempting to resolve relationships in the tribe Sileneae have found that Viscaria is closely genetically related to the genus Atocion, but is quite distinct from it morphologically.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• Viscaria alpina (L.) G.Don
• Viscaria asterias (Griseb.) Frajman
• Viscaria × media Fr. ex Svanlund
• Viscaria vulgaris Röhl.

Notes and References

1. Pericarp structure in some species in the tribe Sileneae DC. (Caryophyllaceae, Viscaria group) . 2019 . Kravtsova . Tatyana I. . Bolotova . Yana V. . Botanica Pacifica . 10.17581/bp.2019.08211 . 25–34 . free .
2. Web site: Viscaria Bernh. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 10 August 2020 .