Silene littorea is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. The species is an annual plant.[1]

Silene littorea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:
S. littorea
Binomial name
Silene littorea
Brot.
Synonyms
  • Silene allophila
  • Silene halophile
  • Silene halophila
  • Silene hispanica
  • Silene littorea
  • Silene nana
  • Silene prostrata

The species has the gynodioecy–gynomonoecy sexual system. It is one of the most studied species with this sexual system.[2]

Distribution

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The species is native to Morocco, Portugal, Spain.[3] The population of this species has been observed to be declining in Spain.[4] In Spanish, the species goes by the common name papamoscas marino.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Valle, José Carlos Del; Buide, Mª Luisa; Whittall, Justen B.; Valladares, Fernando; Narbona, Eduardo (2020-06-18). "UV radiation increases phenolic compound protection but decreases reproduction in Silene littorea". PLOS ONE. 15 (6): e0231611. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1531611D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231611. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7302690. PMID 32555603.
  2. ^ Casimiro-Soriguer, Inés; Buide, Maria L.; Narbona, Eduardo (2015-01-01). "Diversity of sexual systems within different lineages of the genus Silene". AoB Plants. 7 (plv037): plv037. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plv037. ISSN 2041-2851. PMC 4433491. PMID 25862920.
  3. ^ "Silene littorea Brot. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  4. ^ Frankham, Richard; Ballou, Jonathan D.; Briscoe, David Anthony (2010). Introduction to Conservation Genetics. Cambridge University Press. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-521-87847-0.