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	Silene flos-cuculi  (L.) GREUTER & BURDET

Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.

Synon.:  Lychnis flos-cuculi  L.

Genus:  Silene  L.,  Lychnis  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	GREUTER:		Werner Rodolfo Greuter (1938 - ), Swiss botanist
	BURDET:		Hervé Maurice Burdet (1939 - ), Swiss botanist

Etymology:
	Silene:		Silen, Greek legendary figure
	flos-cuculi:		cuckoo flower
	Lychnis:		Roman plant name, from 'shiny'

Fig. 1:  Silene flos-cuculi / Ragged Robin D island Spiekeroog 10.6.1984

Fig. 2:  Silene flos-cuculi / Ragged Robin D Lampertheim 16.5.2009

Fig. 3:  Silene flos-cuculi / Ragged Robin D Lampertheim 16.5.2009

Fig. 4:  Silene flos-cuculi / Ragged Robin D Lampertheim 10.5.2010

Fig. 5:  Silene flos-cuculi / Ragged Robin D Göllheim 21.5.2006

Fig. 6:  Silene flos-cuculi / Ragged Robin (young plant) D Birkenheide 14.4.2018

Fig. 7:  Silene flos-cuculi / Ragged Robin (color variant) D Lampertheim 21.5.2012

Fig. 8:  Silene flos-cuculi / Ragged Robin D Frankfurt-Harheim 15.6.2013

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