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Taxon

Silene gallica L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 417. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Silene gallica--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 214.jpg

Silene gallica--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 214.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Silene gallica--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 216.jpg

Silene gallica--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 216.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Silene gallica--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 215.jpg

Silene gallica--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 215.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Silene

Species

gallica

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to 36 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into 83 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 20, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Monticiano)

43.128056, 11.264167

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Basso Merse

Collectors

No collectors specified

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#254,027 of 335,497

Top 76%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →