Viscaria

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sileneae
Genus: Viscaria
Species (sensu Frajman et al., 2013): V. alpina – V. asterias – V. vulgaris
Nothospecies: V. × media

Viscaria Bernh., Syst. Verz. (Bernhardi) 261. (1800) nom. cons. prop. by Oxelman et al., Taxon 50(1): 281–282 (2001) against Steris Adans (1763).

• Type species: Viscaria vulgaris Bernh., Syst. Verz. (Bernhardi) 261. (1800)

• Homotypic
  • Steris Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 255, 607. (1763) nom. rej.
  • Viscaria Roehl., Deutschl. Fl. (Röhling), ed. 2, Phanerog. Gew. 2: 37. (1812) nom. superfl.
  • Lychnis sect. Viscaria (Bernh.) DC., Fl. France. (Lamarck & Candolle) ed. 3, 4: 761, (1805)
  • Silene sect. Viscaria (Bernh.) Greuter, Taxon 44(4): 557. (1995)
  • Silene subgen. Viscaria (Bernh.) Greuter, Taxon 44(4): 557. (1995)
• Heterotypic
  • Liponeuron Schott, Nyman & Kotschy, Analecta Bot. 55. (1854) (Liponeurum).

• Bernhardi, J.J. 1800. Systematisches Verzeichnis 261.
• 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 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Frajman, B., Thollesson, M. & Oxelman, B. 2013. Taxonomic revision of Atocion and Viscaria (Sileneae, Caryophyllaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 173(2): 194–210. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12090 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Viscaria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug. 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2017. Viscaria. 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.  Does not follow Frajman et al., (2013) here for reference.

• 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 Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Viscaria. Published online. Accessed: June 21 2017.
• Oxelman, B., Lidén, M., & Jonsell, B. 2001. (1476) Proposal to Conserve the Name Viscaria against Steris (Caryophyllaceae, Sileneae). Taxon 50(1): 281–282. DOI: 10.2307/1224531
• Tropicos.org 2017. Viscaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 June 2017. Does not follow Frajman et al., (2013) here for reference.

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