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Silene banksia (Meerb.) Mabb.

Telopea 8(2): 253. 1999 [30 Jun 1999], 1999
ID: 242 | IPNI
Agrostemma banksia Meerb., Pl. Select. Icon. Pict. t. 28. 1798, Type: ,
=Silene banksia f. verticillata (Makino) Yonek., J. Jap. Bot. 86(4): 231. 2011 [Aug 2011], 2011 Basionym: Lychnis coronata Thunb., Syst. Veg., ed. 14 (J. A. Murray). 435. 1784 [May-Jun 1784], Type: ,
=Silene grandiflora (Jacq.) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai, see Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 427 (1886):. 1996 , 1996 Basionym: Lychnis grandiflora Jacq., Collectanea [Jacquin] 1: 149; Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 84. [1786 publ. Jan-Sep 1787], Type: ,
=Silene sinensis (Lour.) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 71(5): 270 (1996):., 1996 Basionym: Hedona sinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 286. 1790 [Sep 1790], Type: ,


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Description:

Reference: Zhou, L., Wu, Z. -Y., Lidén, M. & Oxelman, B. Lychnis (6 spp.). In Wu, Z.-Y. & Raven, P. H. (eds) Flora of China 6: 100-102. Missouri Botanical Garden. ISBN 1-930723-05-9.
Lychnis coronata Thunberg in Murray, Syst. Veg., ed. 14, 435. 1784. ºÙ¥∫¬fi jian chun luo Agrostemma banksia Meerburgh; Hedona sinensis Loureiro; Lychnis grandiflora Jacquin; Silene banksia (Meerburgh) Mabberley; S. grandiflora (Jacquin) H. Ohashi & H. Nakai. Herbs perennial, 50–90 cm tall, subglabrous. Roots caespitose, pale yellow, narrowly cylindric, slightly fleshy. Stem solitary, rarely sparsely caespitose. Leaves elliptic-oblanceolate or ovate-oblanceolate, (5–)8–15 × (1–)2.5 cm, both surfaces subglabrous, ciliate at margin, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Dichasium several flowered. Pedicel very short, sparsely pubescent; bracts lanceolate, herbaceous, ciliate at margin. Flowers 4–5 cm in diam. Calyx tubular, (2.5–)3–3.5 cm × 3.5–5 mm, veins prominent, glabrous, teeth 8–10 mm. Petal limb salmon pink, obovate, (1.5–)2–2.5 cm, not lobed, irregularly incised-dentate; claw not exceeding sepals. Stamens included. Androgynophore 1–1.5 cm. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 2 cm. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Aug–Sep. Sparse forests, scrub grasslands, also cultivated. Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan (Emei Shan), Zhejiang [Japan]. This species is used medicinally.


Comment:

Superordinate taxon: Silene sect. Lychnis (L.) Greuter (ID: 963)

Included taxa

No included taxa registered

Sequences

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6 specimen(s):

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