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Classification of silene flavescens

silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae.

Silene flavescens are flowering plants part of the genus silene, family Caryophyllaceae. It is a herbaceous species belonging to the tribe Sileneae. Widely distributed and are found in the Northern Hemisphere .They are native to Hungry and the Balkan Peninsula.it is an herbaceous species belonging to the tribe sileneae.

kingdom

plantae

class

Magnolipsida

order

Caryophyllales

family

Caryophyllaceae

contains approximately 700 species, it is the largest genus in the family.

species

Silence flavescens

Flavescens

Habitat

Herbs or subshrubs

silene Flavescens are found in mountains ,rocky fields

leaves

Leaves exstipulate, not or only very slightly connate at the base

inflorescences

Inflorescences cymose, panicled, spicate, aggregated-Capitulate or reduced even to a solitary flower; no calycine bracts

Germination time and temperature.

15-20 days at 20C about 1mm deep in a well - drained seed sowing mix

Traditional medicinal use

several species of the family Caryophyllaceae are widely used by many ethnic communities as traditional medicine throughout the world. The highest number of plants of the family are used in chinese traditional medicine. The ethnopharmacological studies of this family indicate that plants of the family possess anticancer, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

plants used in pharmacological studies.

Among 2,630 species of the family , only a small fraction is known to have medicinal properties . The majority of the plants are used for some common ailments as cold, cough, fever, diarrhea and throat infection.

REFERENCES

1. https://www.earth.com/earthpedia/plant/silene-flavescens-flavescens/
2. Silene flavescens: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id570464/
3. Taxonomy Caryophyllaceae: https://observation.org/species/125410/
4. Silene flavescens at B&T world seeds: https://b-and-t-worldseeds.com/cartall.asp?species=silene%20flavescens&sref=446133
5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/