Biology:Silene littorea

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Silene littorea
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:
S. littorea
Binomial name
Silene littorea
Brot.
Synonyms
  • Silene allophila
  • Silene halophile
  • Silene halophila
  • Silene hispanica
  • Silene littorea
  • Silene nana
  • Silene prostrata

Silene littorea is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. The species is an annual plant.[1]

The species has the gynodioecy–gynomonoecy sexual system. It is one of the most studied species with this sexual system.[2]

Distribution

The species is native to Morocco, Portugal, Spain [3] The population of this species has been observed to be declining in Spain.[4] In Spanish, the species goes by the common name papamoscas marino.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q9077308 entry