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Silene (Campion genus)
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About 700 species (Eurasia, Africa and North
America), of which 14 are indigenous and three naturalised in
southern Africa.
Species indigenous or naturalised (*) in southern Africa
List from Nkonki (2003).
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Silene bellidioides
Perennial herb growing to a height of 0.25 -
0.9 m and widespread in southern Africa. |
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Silene burchellii
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Silene clandestina
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Silene crassifolia
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Silene dewinteri
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Silene eckloniana
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Silene gallica
An annual herb 0.15 to 0.45 m high.
Indigenous to Europe, naturalised in southern Africa
where it occurs as a weed in disturbed places.
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Silene mundiana
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Silene ornata
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* Silene pendula
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Silene pilosellifolia
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Silene primuliflora
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Silene thunbergiana
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Silene undulata
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Silene vlokii
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Silene vulgaris
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Exotic species cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
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Silene armeria (None-so-pretty)
Indigenous to Europe. |
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Silene coeli-rosa
Indigenous from Spain to Italy and in
North Africa.
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Silene compacta
Indigenous to SE Europe.
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Silene cretica
Indigenous to the Mediterranean
region.
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Silene dioica (Red campion)
Indigenous to NW Europe.
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Silene fortunei
Indigenous to China.
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Silene linicola
Indigenous to Italy. |
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Silene schafta
Indigenous to the Caucassus |
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Silene viridiflora
Indigenous to Europe. |
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Silene vulgaris (Sea campion)
Indigenous to Europe. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Nkonki, T. 2003. Caryophyllaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 350-354. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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