Talk:Silene

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A dab page should be created instead of someone removing valid information because they think "silene"s are just plants. 70.55.84.13 (talk) 09:08, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• divalent silicon radicals - silylene}
• silicon-carbon double bond containing molecules - organosilene forms of organosilicon
• silicon molecules containg a silicon double bond
  • silicon molecules containing a silicon-silicon double bond - disilene
• silicon analogs of alkenes

The article mentions there being about 300 species, but wikispecies only has 69, and the USDA plants database shows 88. What do we go with? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cynops3 (talk • contribs) 05:01, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Try 700 species, read [1] to get an understanding of the completity of the issue. Hardyplants (talk) 07:50, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

genus Lychnis is currently redirecting to Silene, though there is apparently still some debate regarding it's placement. Maybe someone who knows their stuff can add something to the Taxonomy section regarding the history and consensus (if/when there is one). From wikispecies:

"Note: This genus is often found subsumed into Silene L. (1753) (Tropicos, 2017). However, Popp et al. (2008) and Greenberg & Donoghue (2011) found the above circumscription monophyletic. The relationship is ambiguous and will depend on work that needs to be undertaken on Silene and it relatives (Hernández-Ledesma et al., 2015)."

Random fixer upper (talk) 21:32, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Plants of the World Online regards Lychnis as a synonym of Silene. see [2] Plantsurfer 10:44, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]