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	Silene rupestris  L.

Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.

Synon.:  Atocion rupestre  (L.) OXELMAN

Genus:  Silene  L.,  Atocion  ADANS.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	OXELMAN:		Bengt Oxelman (1958 - ), Swedish biologist at Gothenburg
	ADANS.:		Michel Adanson (1727 - 1806), French botanist of Scottish descent

Etymology:
	Silene:		Silen, Greek legendary figure
	rupestris:		loving rocks
	Atocion:		infertility

Fig. 1:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion D Black-Forest, Todtnau 18.8.2007

Fig. 2:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion D Black-Forest, Todtnau 18.8.2007

Fig. 3:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion D Black-Forest, Todtnau 18.8.2007

Fig. 4:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion D Black-Forest, Feldberg 24.6.2007

Fig. 5:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion D Black-Forest, Feldberg 24.6.2007

Fig. 6:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion D Black-Forest, Feldberg 24.6.2007

Fig. 7:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion D Black-Forest, Belchen 22.7.2017

Fig. 8:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Vosges, Grand Ballon 21.6.2008

Fig. 9:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Vosges, Grand Ballon 21.6.2008

Fig. 10:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Collet de Allevard 9.7.2016

Fig. 11:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Collet de Allevard 9.7.2016

Fig. 12:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Collet de Allevard 9.7.2016

Fig. 13:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Collet de Allevard 9.7.2016

Fig. 14:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Collet de Allevard 9.7.2016

Fig. 15:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Collet de Allevard 9.7.2016

Fig. 16:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Collet de Allevard 9.7.2016

Fig. 17:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 18:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 19:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 20:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 21:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 22:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Pyrenees, Canigou 24.7.2018

Fig. 23:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion F Pyrenees, Canigou 24.7.2018

Fig. 24:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion A Ingeringsee 27.7.2021

Fig. 25:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion A Gaal 27.6.2021

Fig. 26:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion A Gaal 27.6.2021

Fig. 27:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion A Gaal 27.6.2021

Fig. 28:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion A Seckauer Tauern, Rosenkogel 30.6.2021

Fig. 29:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion A Seckauer Tauern, Rosenkogel 30.6.2021

Fig. 30:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion A Seckauer Tauern, Rosenkogel 30.6.2021

Fig. 31:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion A Seckauer Tauern, Rosenkogel 30.6.2021

Fig. 32:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion A Seckauer Tauern, Rosenkogel 30.6.2021

Fig. 33:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion I Mastaun - Valley 1.7.1993

Fig. 34:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion GR Aoos - Gorge 16.5.2008

Fig. 35:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion GR Aoos - Gorge 16.5.2008

Fig. 36:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion GR Aoos - Gorge 16.5.2008

Fig. 37:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion S Orust 7.8.2010

Fig. 38:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion S Fjällbacka 8.8.2010

Fig. 39:  Silene rupestris / Rock Campion S Fjällbacka 8.8.2010

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