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	Silene noctiflora  L.

Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.

Synon.:  Melandrium noctiflorum  (L.) FR.

Genus:  Silene  L.,  Melandrium  RÖHL.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	FR.:		Elias Magnus Fries (1794 - 1878), Swedish mycologist and botanist
	RÖHL.:		Johann Christoph Röhling (1757 - 1813), German priest and botanist

Etymology:
	Silene:		Silen, Greek legendary figure
	noctiflora:		night-flowering
	Melandrium:		melas = nightly (several species are flowering in the night)

Fig. 1:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Eching 30.7.2011

Fig. 2:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Eching 30.7.2011

Fig. 3:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Eching 30.7.2011

Fig. 4:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Eching 30.7.2011

Fig. 5:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Eching 30.7.2011

Fig. 6:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Eching 30.7.2011

Fig. 7:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Eching 30.7.2011

Fig. 8:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Eching 30.7.2011

Fig. 9:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Eching 30.7.2011

Fig. 10:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Eching 30.7.2011

Fig. 11:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Eching 30.7.2011

Fig. 12:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Eching 30.7.2011

Fig. 13:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Wiesloch 13.8.2013

Fig. 14:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Wiesloch 13.8.2013

Fig. 15:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Wiesloch 13.8.2013

Fig. 16:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Wiesloch 13.8.2013

Fig. 17:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Wiesloch 13.8.2013

Fig. 18:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Wiesloch 13.8.2013

Fig. 19:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Wiesloch 13.8.2013

Fig. 20:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Wiesloch 13.8.2013

Fig. 21:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Mühlacker-Großglattbach 6.7.2015

Fig. 22:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Mühlacker-Großglattbach 6.7.2015

Fig. 23:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Mühlacker-Großglattbach 6.7.2015

Fig. 24:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Mühlacker-Großglattbach 6.7.2015

Fig. 25:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Mühlacker-Großglattbach 6.7.2015

Fig. 26:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Mühlacker-Großglattbach 6.7.2015

Fig. 27:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly D Nördlingen 10.7.2015

Fig. 28:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly A Weikersdorf am Steinfeld 2.7.2020

Fig. 29:  Silene noctiflora / Night-Flowering Catchfly A Weikersdorf am Steinfeld 2.7.2020

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