Silene

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1. Silene alba (Mill.) E.H.L.Krause [synonym of S. latifolia Poir. subsp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet]
2. S. amoena L.
3. S. armeria L. (cultivated)
4. S. baccifera (L.) Roth
5. S. caespitella F.N.Williams
6. S. cancellata (Edgew. & Hook.f.) Majumdar
7. S. cashmeriana (Royle) Majumdar
8. S. coeli-rosa (L.) Godr. (cultivated)
9. S. colorata Poir.
10. S. conoidea L.
11. S. coronaria (Desr.) Clairv. ex Rchb. (cultivated)
12. S. edgeworthii Bocquet [synonum of S. indica (Roxb.) Roxb. ex Otth var. edgeworthii (Bocquet) Y.L.Nasir]
13. S. eduardi Bocquet
14. S. falconeri (Rohrb.) Bocquet
15. S. falconeriana Benth.
16. S. gallica L.
17. S. gangotriana Pusalkar, D.K.Singh & Lakshmin.
18. S. gonosperma (Rupr.) Bocq. [subsp. gonosperma; subsp. himalayensis (Rohrb.) Bocquet (synonym of S.himalayensis Rahrb.) Majumdar)
19. S. graminifolia Otth.
20. S. indica (Roxb.) Roxb. ex Otth [var. bhutanica (W.W.Sm.) Bocquet; var. indica]
21. S. khasiana Rohrb.
22. S. kumaonensis F.Williams
23. S. kunawurensis Benth.
24. S. laxantha Majumdar
25. S. madens Majumdar [synonym of S. himalayensis (Rohrb.) Majumdar]
26. S. moorcroftiana Wall. ex Benth.
27. S. nepalensis Majumdar
28. S. nigrescens (Edgew.) Majumdar
29. S. pendula L.
30. S. rechingeri Bocq.
31. S. repens Patrin
32. S. setisperma Majumdar
33. S. songarica (Fischer, C.Meyer & Ave-Lall.) Bocq.
34. S. stewartii (Edgew.) Majumdar
35. S. stracheyi Edgeworthii
36. S. vagans C.B.Clarke
37. S. viridiflora L. forma webbiana (Wall. ex Benth.) Rohrb.
38. S. viscosa (L.) Pers.
39. S. vulgaris (Moench) Garcke
40. S. wahlbergella Chowdhuri [synonym of S. uralensis subsp. apetala (L.) Bocquet] 

References:

1. Aswal, B.S. and Mehrotra, B.N. 1994. Flora of Lahaul-Spiti (A Cold Desert in North West Himalaya). Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun. Pp. 137-144.
2. Chowdhery, H.J. and Wadhwa, B.M. 1984. Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol-1. Botanical Survey of India, Howrah. Pp.94-100.
3. Majumdar, N.C. 1993. Caryophyllaceae. In: Sharma, B.D., Balakrishnan, N.P. and Sanjappa, M. (eds.) Flora of India Vol-2. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. Pp. 502-595.
4. Pusalkar, P.K. and Dingh, D.K. 2012. Flora of Gangotri National Park Western Himalaya, India. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. Pp.115-121.
5. Uniyal, B.P., Sharma, J.R., Choudhery, U. And Singh, D.K. 2007.
   Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand (A Checklist). Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradum. Pp. 81-82.
6. eFI page (and references therein) 

Silene armeria (Cultivated)		Caryophyllaceae	None-so-Pretty
Silene caespitella	Silene maheshwarii, Melandrium neocaespitosum, Melandrium xainzaense	Caryophyllaceae	Clustered Campion
Silene cashmeriana	Lychnis cashmeriana, Melandrium cashmerianum	Caryophyllaceae	Kashmir Campion
Silene conoidea	Conosilene conoidea, Cucubalus conoideus	Caryophyllaceae	Cone Campion
Silene coronaria (Cultivated)	Agrostemma coronaria, Lychnis coronaria	Caryophyllaceae	Rose Campion
Silene falconeriana		Caryophyllaceae	Falconer’s Campion
Silene gallica (Naturalised)	Silene gallica f. quinquevulnera, Corone quinquevulnera	Caryophyllaceae	Five-Wounded Catchfly
Silene gangotriana		Caryophyllaceae	Gangotri Campion
Silene gonosperma	Lychnis pumila, Melandrium pumilum	Caryophyllaceae	Angled-Seed Campion
Silene graminifolia	Silene tenuis, Silene pubistyla, Silene sobolevskajae	Caprifoliaceae	Grass-Leaved Campion
Silene himalayensis	Lychnis himalayensis, Silene madens, Silene gonosperma var. himalayensis	Caryophyllaceae	Himalayan Campion
Silene indica var. edgeworthii	Silene edgeworthii, Lychnis fimbriata, Agrostemma fimbriatum	Caryophyllaceae	Edgeworth’s Campion
Silene indica var. indica	Lychnis indica, Lychnis ciliata, Melandrium indicum	Caryophyllaceae	Indian Campion
Silene pendula (Cultivated)		Caryophyllaceae	Nodding Catchfly
Silene vulgaris		Caryophyllaceae	Bladder Campion

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Silene gonosperma subsp. himalayensis (Rohrb.) Bocquet in Candollea = Silene himalayensis

Silene indica var. cashmeriana (Majumdar) Y. Nasir = Silene cashmeriana (Royle ex Bentham) Majumdar

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Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal :

Silene gonosperma subsp. himalayensis (Rupr.) Bocquet = Silene himalayensis

Silene gonosperma var. himalayensis (Rupr.) Bocquet = Silene himalayensis

Silene waltonii F. N. Williams (No distribution given in India)

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Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of China :

Silene nigrescens subsp. nigrescens
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke

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Floriculture in India By Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay (1986)- Details-

Silene oculata (Lindl.) Graebn. synonymous with Silene coeli-rosa (L.) Godr.
Silene pendula (Cultivated) 

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1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants edited by Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett –

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Gardening in India By George Marshall Woodrow, G Marshall (1999)- Brief details-
Silene pendula (Cultivated)

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Forest Plants of Eastern India By Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri (1993)- Brief details-
Silene stracheyi Edgew.

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Pl. go through ‎Silene (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Caryophyllaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia.

If you find any incorrect identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), if any, it will be really nice.

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