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Caryophyllaceae Silene virginica | Taxonomy | Flora of the World

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Taxon

Silene virginica L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 419. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Predicted not threatened

Silene virginica L. belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (2).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Davidson, C 13015

May 14, 2016

Location

United States, North Carolina, Madison

35.943333, -82.896111

Location Remarks

Pisgah National Forest. Along French Broad River just E of the Tennessee state line and E of Paint Rock. 387 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Silene

Specific Epithet

virginica

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.3

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

0.0

Global rank

#318,521 of 335,497

Top 95%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →