Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lychnis subg. Lychnis (L.) Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 207 (1828–1829).
  • Silene subg. Lychnis (L.) Greuter, Taxon 44(4): 556 (1995).
• Heterotypic
  • Coronaria Hill in Owen (1754), nom. inval.
  • Coronaria Guett., Hist. Acad. Roy. Sci. Mém. Math. Phys. (Paris 4to) 1750: 229, 234 (1754).
  • Coronaria Schaeff., Bot. Exped. : 21, 132 (1760).
  • Flox Adans., Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: (22) (1763).
  • Hedona Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 286 (1790).
  • Lychnis [Unranked] Coccyganthe Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 825 (1832).
  • Coccyganthe (Rchb.) Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 16: 55 (1844).
  • Exemix Raf., Autik. Bot.: 27 (1840).
  • Uebelinia Hochst., Flora 24: 664. (14 Nov 1841)
  • Coronaria subg. Coccyganthe (Rchb.) Devyatov & V.N.Tikhom.., Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 97(3): 122 (1992).
  • Silene sect. Coccyganthe (Rchb.) Greuter, Taxon 44(4): 556 (1995).
    

Note: This genus is often found subsumed into Silene L. (1753) (Tropicos, 2017). However, Popp et al. (2008) and Greenberg & Donoghue (2011) found the above circumscription monophyletic. The relationship is ambiguous and will depend on work that needs to be undertaken on Silene and it relatives (Hernández-Ledesma et al., 2015).

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 436. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Greenberg, A.K. & Donoghue, M.J. 2011. Molecular systematics and character evolution in Caryophyllaceae. Taxon 60(6): 1637–1652. DOI: 10.1002/tax.606009 JSTOR PDF Reference page. .
• Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Reference page. 
• Popp, M., Gizaw, A., Nemomissa, S., Suda, J. & Brochmann, C. 2008. Colonization and diversification in the African ‘sky islands’ by Eurasian Lychnis L.(Caryophyllaceae). Journal of Biogeography 35(6): 1016–1029. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01902.x ResearchGate

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Lychnis. Published online. Accessed: June 25 2017.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Lychnis. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2017 June 25.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Lychnis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 June 2017.