| Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq. | |
| Publ. & Syn. | Jacq., Enum. Stirp. Vindob.: 242 (1762). - Cucubalus acaulis L., Sp. Pl.: 415 (1753). Lectotype (LINN): Europe. Herb. Linn. 583.61 (Talavera and Garmendia 1989: 445). - Xamilenis acaulis (L.) Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 33: 94 (2001). |
| Notes | There is a significant gap of about 100 longitude in Siberia between the broadly amphi-Atlantic and the broadly amphi-Beringian parts of the range of Silene acaulis. Beringian and Cordilleran plants differ from the amphi-Atlantic ones in several features in leaves and flowers, summarized by Morton (2005c). These Beringian-Cordilleran plants have been proposed as a separate race, subsp. subacaulescens. Molecular evidence so far does not clearly support two taxa but we accept them (provisionally). |
| Chromosomes | 24 (2x). - Europe (N, C), Russia (N), Far East (N), Alaska, Canada, U.S.A., Greenland. - Numerous reports. |
| Geography | Amphi-Beringian - North American - amphi-Atlantic - European (N/C) - Asian (NW). |
| Parent taxon | Silene L. |
| Child taxa |
Silene acaulis subsp. acaulis Silene acaulis subsp. subacaulescens (F.N. Williams) Hultén |
| PAF ID | 421219 |