Article

Nomenclatural revision of the Silene canopica complex (Caryophyllaceae) across Middle East to the Maghreb region

Authors:
Mesbah M.
,
Chatelain C.
,
El Mokni R.
,
Loup C.
Publication: Flora Mediterranea
Pages: 239-252
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7320/FlMedit35.239
Article history:

  1. Received

  2. (last) revision received

  3. Accepted

  4. Published online

Abstract

The taxonomic identities of five taxa of Silene L. (Caryophyllaceae) found in Egypt have been widely confused in historic herbaria, particularly in the Boissier’s Flora Orientalis herbarium (G-BOIS). To disentangle this confusion, which remains in current floras, we present a nomenclatural and taxonomic revision of the Silene canopica complex including Silene biappendiculata Ehrenb. ex Rohrb., S. canopica Delile ex Spreng, S. colorata subsp. oliveriana (Otth ex DC.) Rohrb., S. obtusifolia Willd. and S. villosa Forssk. Moreover, we confirm that S. biappendiculata is a synonym of S. canopica. A lectotype was designated for S. biappendiculata, S. canopica, S. mauritanica and an epitype for S. colorata subsp. oliveriana.

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