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Internal ID UUID64405b08a885e687082873
Scientific name Silene virginica
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 419 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Silene virginica var. robusta Strausb. & Core Castanea 17: 165 (1952)
Melandrium virginicum A.Braun Flora 26: 372 (1843)
Silene catesbaei Walter Fl. Carol. : 141 (1788)
Silene coccinea Moench Suppl. Meth. : 306 (1802)
Silene virginica var. hallensis Pickens & M.C.W.Pickens Castanea 25: 125. 1960

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Language Common/alternative name
English fire pink
Persian میخک آتشی
Chinese 火红雪轮
Chinese 绿绳蝇子草

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Start at 4°C for 3 months, then warm to 20°C for another 3 months.
poor germination

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  • Northern America
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Missouri
      • Oklahoma
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
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      • Michigan
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • West Virginia
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
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      • North Carolina
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      • Virginia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001291562
Florida Plant Atlas 4025
Flora of Alabama 1454
Canadensys 4408
USDA Plants SIVI4
Tropicos 6301071
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158643-1
The Plant List tro-6301071
Missouri Botanical Garden 279088
Open Tree Of Life 922269
NCBI Taxonomy 155647
Nature Serve 2.132229
IPNI 158643-1
iNaturalist 57291
GBIF 5384823
Freebase /m/033qk
WisFlora 5052
EOL 581982
USDA GRIN 449428
Wikipedia Silene_virginica

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Inbreeding depression in polyploid species: a meta-analysis Clo J, Kolář F Biol Lett 14-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9748776
doi:10.1098/rsbl.2022.0477
PMID:36514955
In vitro propagation and DNA barcode analysis of the endangered Silene schimperiana in Saint Katherine protectorate Ghareb HE, Ibrahim SD, Hegazi GA J Genet Eng Biotechnol 10-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7417468
doi:10.1186/s43141-020-00052-8
PMID:32778978
Sex‐specific floral attraction traits in a sequentially hermaphroditic species Peach K, Liu JW, Klitgaard KN, Mazer SJ Ecol Evol 05-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7042773
doi:10.1002/ece3.5987
PMID:32128121
Mining new sources of natural history observations for disease interactions Kido A, Hood ME Am J Bot 29-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6980919
doi:10.1002/ajb2.1409
PMID:31885083
Higher Gene Flow in Sex-Related Chromosomes than in Autosomes during Fungal Divergence Hartmann FE, Rodríguez de la Vega RC, Gladieux P, Ma WJ, Hood ME, Giraud T Mol Biol Evol 25-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC7038665
doi:10.1093/molbev/msz252
PMID:31651949
The signalling game between plants and pollinators Sun S, Leshowitz MI, Rychtář J Sci Rep 27-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC5923245
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24779-0
PMID:29703897
Variation in mate-recognition pheromones of the fungal genus Microbotryum Xu L, Petit E, Hood ME Heredity (Edinb) 26-Aug-2015
PMCID:PMC4675872
doi:10.1038/hdy.2015.68
PMID:26306729
The temporal build-up of hummingbird/plant mutualisms in North America and temperate South America Abrahamczyk S, Renner SS BMC Evol Biol 10-Jun-2015
PMCID:PMC4460853
doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0388-z
PMID:26058608
Modularity and intra-floral integration in metameric organisms: plants are more than the sum of their parts Diggle PK Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 19-Aug-2014
PMCID:PMC4084538
doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0253
PMID:25002698
Floral humidity and other indicators of energy rewards in pollination biology von Arx M Commun Integr Biol 01-Jan-2013
PMCID:PMC3689576
doi:10.4161/cib.22750
PMID:23802044
Antibacterial activity of traditional medicinal plants used by Haudenosaunee peoples of New York State Frey FM, Meyers R BMC Complement Altern Med 06-Nov-2010
PMCID:PMC2989932
doi:10.1186/1472-6882-10-64
PMID:21054887
Distribution of the anther-smut pathogen Microbotryum on species of the Caryophyllaceae Hood ME, Mena-Alí JI, Gibson AK, Oxelman B, Giraud T, Yockteng R, Arroyo MT, Conti F, Pedersen AB, Gladieux P, Antonovics J New Phytol 01-Jul-2010
PMCID:PMC3487183
doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03268.x
PMID:20406409
THE DISTRIBUTION AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING OF EIGENVALUES FROM THE CANONICAL ANALYSIS OF THE GAMMA MATRIX OF QUADRATIC AND CORRELATIONAL SELECTION GRADIENTS Reynolds RJ, Childers DK, Pajewski NM Evolution 23-Oct-2009
PMCID:PMC2857515
doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00874.x
PMID:19863584
Spatial variation in selection on corolla shape in a generalist plant is promoted by the preference patterns of its local pollinators Gómez JM, Bosch J, Perfectti F, Fernández JD, Abdelaziz M, Camacho JP Proc Biol Sci 10-Jun-2008
PMCID:PMC2603243
doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0512
PMID:18544510
Implications of molecular characters for the phylogeny of the Microbotryaceae (Basidiomycota: Urediniomycetes) Kemler M, Göker M, Oberwinkler F, Begerow D BMC Evol Biol 25-Apr-2006
PMCID:PMC1526759
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-6-35
PMID:16638136

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