Lychnis

Lychnis

Synonymy

Lychnis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 436. 1753 sec. Oxelman & al. (2001)

• Type: Lychnis chalcedonica L.

• =Coronaria Guett. in Hist. Acad. R. Sci. Par. 1750, Mem: 229. 1754 syn. sec. Oxelman & al. (2001)
• Type: Coronaria tomentosa A.Braun

• =Hedona Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 286. 1790 syn. sec. Oxelman & al. (2001)
• Type: Hedona sinensis Lour.

• =Exemix Raf., Autic. Bot.: 27. 1840 syn. sec. Oxelman & al. (2001)
• Type: Exemix grandiflora (Jacq.) Raf.

• =Coccyganthe (Rchb.) Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 206. 1841 syn. sec. Oxelman & al. (2001)
• Type: Coccyganthe flos-cuculi (L.) Rchb.

• =Uebelinia Hochst. in Flora 24: 664. 1841 syn. sec. Oxelman & al. (2001)
• Type: Uebelinia abyssinica Hochst.

Content

• Notes

Notes

This circumscription, including around twenty species, is strongly supported as monophyletic (e.g., Popp & al. 2008, Greenberg & Donoghue 2011) with the African Uebelinia nested within. However, its relationships to Silene are not fully resolved (see under Silene).