Abstract
Summary Silene alba Muhl. ex Britton (1893), although considered to be an illegitimate substitution for S. nivea (Nutt.) Otth, is validly published and as a result S. alba (Miller) E. H. L. Krause (1901), the widely used name for the weed white campion or white cockle, is illegitimate. It is shown that the correct name for this species in Silene is S. pratensis (Rafn) Godron & Gren. A new taxonomic treatment of the infraspecific variation within S. pratensis is outlined and three new subspecific combinations proposed.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Silene alba Muhl. ex Britton was validly published.
- Taxon
- Silene alba Muhl. ex Britton
Silene latifolia subsp. albae0 - Outcome
- validly publishede0
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Verbatim
e0“Silene alba Muhl. ex Britton (1893), although considered to be an illegitimate substitution for S. nivea (Nutt.) Otth, is validly published”
Claim · model-written summary
S. alba (Miller) E. H. L. Krause is illegitimate.
- Taxon
- S. alba (Miller) E. H. L. KrauseSilene latifolia subsp. albae0
- Outcome
- illegitimatee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“S. alba (Miller) E. H. L. Krause (1901), the widely used name for the weed white campion or white cockle, is illegitimate”
Claim · model-written summary
The correct name in Silene for white campion is S. pratensis (Rafn) Godron & Gren.
- Taxon
- S. pratensis (Rafn) Godron & Gren.Silene latifolia subsp. albae0
- Outcome
- correct namee0
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Verbatim
e0“the correct name for this species in Silene is S. pratensis (Rafn) Godron & Gren.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors outline a new infraspecific treatment of S. pratensis and propose three subspecific combinations.
- Taxon
- S. pratensisSilene latifolia subsp. albae0
- Outcome
- three new subspecific combinationse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A new taxonomic treatment of the infraspecific variation within S. pratensis is outlined and three new subspecific combinations proposed.”