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	Silene latifolia  POIR.  subsp. alba  (MILL.) GREUTER & BURDET

Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.

Synon.:  Melandrium album  (MILL.) GARCKE

Genus:  Silene  L.,  Melandrium  RÖHL.

Authors:
	POIR.:		Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755 - 1834), French explorer and botanist
	MILL.:		Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener
	GREUTER:		Werner Rodolfo Greuter (1938 - ), Swiss botanist
	BURDET:		Hervé Maurice Burdet (1939 - ), Swiss botanist
	GARCKE:		Christian August Friedrich Garcke (1819 - 1904), German botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	RÖHL.:		Johann Christoph Röhling (1757 - 1813), German priest and botanist

Etymology:
	Silene:		Silen, Greek legendary figure
	latifolia:		wide-leaved
	alba:		white
	Melandrium:		melas = nightly (several species are flowering in the night)

Fig. 1:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion D Rheinhessen, Wendelsheim 27.4.2010

Fig. 2:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♂) D Bürstadt 15.5.2006

Fig. 3:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion D Frankfurt-Niederrad 21.4.2019

Fig. 4:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♀) D Bruchsal 7.4.2007

Fig. 5:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♀) D Mannheim 6.11.2005

Fig. 6:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♀) D Mannheim 3.11.2008

Fig. 7:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♀) D Mannheim 10.9.2011

Fig. 8:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♀) D Rheinhessen, Frei-Laubersheim 26.4.2008

Fig. 9:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion D Rheinhessen, Frei-Laubersheim 26.4.2008

Fig. 10:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion D Rheinhessen, Frei-Laubersheim 26.4.2008

Fig. 11:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (seed capsule) D Neustadt an der Weinstraße 31.7.2008

Fig. 12:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (male, pink color variant) D Mannheim 29.9.2010

Fig. 13:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (male, pink color variant) D Mannheim 29.9.2010

Fig. 14:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (male, pink color variant) D Mannheim 29.9.2010

Fig. 15:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (male, pink color variant) D Wiesloch 22.8.2013

Fig. 16:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (male, pink color variant) D Sandhausen 3.7.2009

Fig. 17:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♂) D Sandhausen 3.7.2009

Fig. 18:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♂) D Freiburg-Tiengen 22.7.2017

Fig. 19:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♂) D Almequellen near Brilon 15.6.2018

Fig. 20:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♂) D Almequellen near Brilon 15.6.2018

Fig. 21:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion D Mannheim 27.4.2019

Fig. 22:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion D Mannheim 27.4.2019

Fig. 23:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion D Mannheim 4.1.2019

Fig. 24:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♀) I Albisola 22.5.2010

Fig. 25:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♀) I Liguria, Passo di Cento Croci 27.9.2023

Fig. 26:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♀) I Liguria, Passo di Cento Croci 27.9.2023

Fig. 27:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♀) I Liguria, Passo di Cento Croci 27.9.2023

Fig. 28:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♀) I Liguria, Passo di Cento Croci 27.9.2023

Fig. 29:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♀) I Liguria, Passo di Cento Croci 27.9.2023

Fig. 30:  Silene latifolia subsp. alba / White Campion (♀) Croatia, Istria, Poreč 26.5.2006

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