Viscaria

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Viscaria
Viscaria vulgaris
Scientific classification File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Sileneae
Genus: Viscaria
Bernh.[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]

Viscaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, Kazakhstan, and western Siberia.[2] Molecular studies attempting to resolve relationships in the tribe Sileneae have found that Viscaria is closely genetically related to the genus Atocion, but is quite distinct from it morphologically.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

References

  1. Syst. Verz. Erf.: 261 (1800)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Viscaria Bernh". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. Kravtsova, Tatyana I.; Bolotova, Yana V. (2019). "Pericarp structure in some species in the tribe Sileneae DC. (Caryophyllaceae, Viscaria group)". Botanica Pacifica: 25–34. doi:10.17581/bp.2019.08211.