Eudianthe

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sileneae
Genus: Eudianthe
Species: E. coeli-rosa – E. laeta
Name

Eudianthe (Rchb.) Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch (Nom.) 206. (1841)

Type species: Eudianthe coeli-rosa (L.) Endl. Cat. Horti Vindob. 2: 342. (1842)

Synonyms

Basionym
Lychnis [infragen. unranked] Eudianthe Rchb., Fl. German. Excurs. 824. (1832)
Homotypic
Lychnidia Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atlant. 207. (1874) nom. illeg.
Pontinia Fr., Bot. Not. 1843: 141. (1843)
Silene sect. Eudianthe (Rchb.) A.Braun, Phanerog. Monogr. 1. (1843)?

References

Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1841. Der Deutsche Botaniker Herbarienbuch 206.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Eudianthe in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2010 May 08.
Hassler, M. 2017. Eudianthe. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 June 21. Reference page.
Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Open access Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Eudianthe. Published online. Accessed: June 21 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Eudianthe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 June 2017.

Eudianthe is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found in the Canary Islands and the western Mediterranean.[2] It can be distinguished from other members of the tribe Sileneae by its linear to narrowly lanceolate leaves and its pink flowers.[3]
Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Eudianthe coeli-rosa (L.) Fenzl ex Endl.
Eudianthe laeta (Aiton) Rchb. ex Willk.
Eudianthe lagrangei (Coss.) Pau

References

Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 206 (1841)
"Eudianthe (Rchb.) Rchb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
Oxelman, B.; Lidén, M.; Rabeler, R. K.; Popp, M. (2000). "A revised generic classification of the tribe Sileneae (Caryophyllaceae)". Nordic Journal of Botany. 20 (6): 743–748. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2000.tb00760.x. hdl:2027.42/73198. "Key to the genera"