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	Silene atropurpurea  (GRISEB.) GREUTER & BURDET

Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.

Synon.:  Viscaria atropurpurea  GRISEB.,  Lychnis viscaria  L.  subsp. atropurpurea  (GRISEB.) CHATER

Genus:  Silene  L.,  Viscaria  BERNH.,  Lychnis  L.

Authors:
	GRISEB.:		August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach (1814 - 1879), German botanist
	GREUTER:		Werner Rodolfo Greuter (1938 - ), Swiss botanist
	BURDET:		Hervé Maurice Burdet (1939 - ), Swiss botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	CHATER:		Arthur Oliver Chater (1933 - ), Scottish botanist
	BERNH.:		Johann Jakob Bernhardi (1774 - 1850), German botanist

Etymology:
	Silene:		Silen, Greek legendary figure
	atropurpurea:		dark purple
	Viscaria:		gluey
	Lychnis:		Roman plant name, from 'shiny'
	viscaria:		gluey

Fig. 1:  Silene atropurpurea / Sticky Catchfly GR Peloponnes, Taygetos 27.5.2024

Fig. 2:  Silene atropurpurea / Sticky Catchfly GR Peloponnes, Taygetos 27.5.2024

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