taxonID	type	description	language	source
2A053BC709BD50FD8024483B8501C27D.taxon	description	Description. Herbs perennial. Roots clustered, fusiform. Stems supine or ascending, 20 – 35 cm long, multibranched, densely shortly glandular-hairy, apically viscid. Leaves linear, lanceolate, or narrowly lanceolate, 2 – 3 cm long, 1.5 – 3.5 (– 5) mm wide, both surfaces glabrous or pubescent, margins ciliate, midvein prominent, base cuneate, apex obtuse or acute. Dichasial cymes 3 – 7 - flowered, densely glandular hairy; flowers erect, 1.6 – 2 cm in diam. Pedicel 1 – 1.8 cm, slender, glandular hairy; bracts lanceolate, herbaceous. Calyx tubular-clavate, 1.2 – 1.5 cm long, densely pubescent, viscid, longitudinal veins violet; calyx teeth triangular-lanceolate, villous, margin membranous, apex obtuse. Androgynophore 2 – 3 mm long, glabrous. Petals included in calyx, pale red; claws oblanceolate, glabrous, auricles inconspicuous; limbs obovate, 5 – 6 mm long, shallowly bifid; lobes nearly square, entire; coronal scales orbicular. Stamens slightly exserted; filaments glabrous. Styles slightly exserted. Capsule ovoid, 6 – 8 mm. Seeds reniform, seed ridge smooth.	en	Yang, Feng, Wang, Huan-Chong (2025): Taxonomic clarification of Silene dawoensis (Caryophyllaceae): synonymization with S. batangensis and reinstatement of S. longiuscula. PhytoKeys 257: 51-64, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.153202
2A053BC709BD50FD8024483B8501C27D.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Silene batangensis is distributed in western Sichuan and eastern Xizang, China. The species grows on sandy loam or alluvial soil of the forest margins or riparian shrub grasslands at elevations of 2500 – 3600 m.	en	Yang, Feng, Wang, Huan-Chong (2025): Taxonomic clarification of Silene dawoensis (Caryophyllaceae): synonymization with S. batangensis and reinstatement of S. longiuscula. PhytoKeys 257: 51-64, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.153202
2604B0187B9A5EB293421151DFCA9678.taxon	description	Description. Herbs perennial. Stems supine or ascending, much branched, the lower part with densely downward white pilose, the upper part mixed glandular pilose. Leaves numerous, lanceolate, narrowly lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 2 – 4.5 cm long, 0.5 – 1.2 cm wide, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, apex acute, with long mucronulate, pilose on both surfaces, margin ciliate, midribs slightly concave adaxially, raised abaxially, with densely pilose, lateral veins 1 – 2 pairs, slender; petiole short, broad, 1 – 3 mm long, with densely ciliate. Dichasium often 3 – 15 - flowered; bracts leaflike, linear-lanceolate to subulate, 0.3 – 0.6 cm long, margin and midribs with densely glandular pilose. Pedicel erect or slightly bending, 2 – 3.5 cm long, with densely glandular pilose. Calyx tubular, 3 – 3.3 cm long, ca. 0.4 cm in diam., calyx teeth ovate-triangular, apex round or obtuse, margin membranous, densely ciliate, longitudinal veins 10, violet, not converging at apex, densely glandular pilose. Androgynophore 1.5 – 1.8 cm long, glabrous. Petals pink, 2.8 – 3.0 cm long, claws cuneate, exserted beyond calyx, not auriculate, glabrous at base; limbs narrowly obovate-oblong, 1.0 – 1.2 cm long, shallowly bifid; lobes nearly square, entire or sometimes notched or lobed, with one linear tooth on each lateral side, ca. 1.5 mm long; coronal scales ca. 1 mm long, entire. Stamens 10, subequal to claws, exserted beyond calyx; anther oblong, ca. 1.5 mm long, filaments glabrous; ovary narrowly elliptical, 0.8 – 1.0 cm long, styles 3, exserted beyond calyx. Capsule narrowly ovate, exserted beyond persistent calyx, dehiscing with 6; seeds orbicular-reniform, ca. 1 mm long, seed ridge smooth.	en	Yang, Feng, Wang, Huan-Chong (2025): Taxonomic clarification of Silene dawoensis (Caryophyllaceae): synonymization with S. batangensis and reinstatement of S. longiuscula. PhytoKeys 257: 51-64, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.153202
2604B0187B9A5EB293421151DFCA9678.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Silene longiuscula appears to be a very rare species, known only from three collections from Yunnan and Sichuan. It grows in riparian or hillside shrub grasslands at elevations of 1200 – 1800 m.	en	Yang, Feng, Wang, Huan-Chong (2025): Taxonomic clarification of Silene dawoensis (Caryophyllaceae): synonymization with S. batangensis and reinstatement of S. longiuscula. PhytoKeys 257: 51-64, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.153202
875C040929015605B54789B8A0F74A6A.taxon	description	Description. Herbs perennial, 30 – 80 cm long. Roots robust, conical, lignified. Stems erect or ascending, multibranched from woody base, glabrous or sparsely hairy, apically viscid. Basal leaves patulate-oblanceolate, withered at anthesis; cauline leaves with short sterile axillary branches, linear or linear-lanceolate, (1.5 –) 3 – 5 (– 6) cm long, 2 – 5 mm wide, base cuneate or attenuate, glabrous, apex acuminate, midvein prominent. Flowers erect, in a lax, few-flowered thyrse; cymules with peduncles subequaling pedicels, opposite or alternate, often 1 - flowered. Pedicel 0.5 – 4 cm long, slender, glabrous, viscid; bracts linear, 5 – 10 mm long, ciliate. Calyx tubular, clavate in fruit, pale yellow, 2.5 – 3.5 cm long, ca. 3 mm in diam., glabrous, veins green or violet; calyx teeth ca. 1.5 mm. Androgynophore 1.5 – 2.0 cm long, glabrous. Petal claws slightly exserted beyond calyx, narrowly lanceolate, 1 – 1.5 cm, glabrous, not auriculate, limbs pale red or white, obcordate or obovate, 1 – 1.4 cm, divided to about halfway; lobes narrowly ovate, entire; coronal scales very small. Stamens and styles exserted; filaments glabrous. Ovary oblong, ca. 1 cm long; styles 3, ca. 1.3 cm long. Capsule oblong, 1.0 – 1.5 cm long. Seeds dark brown, reniform, slightly flat, ca. 1.2 mm, with a groove along the ridge, forming a shallow “ V ” shape.	en	Yang, Feng, Wang, Huan-Chong (2025): Taxonomic clarification of Silene dawoensis (Caryophyllaceae): synonymization with S. batangensis and reinstatement of S. longiuscula. PhytoKeys 257: 51-64, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.153202
875C040929015605B54789B8A0F74A6A.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. This species is endemic to Xizang and Sichuan of China. It grows in grasslands, cliffs, at 1400 – 3600 m.	en	Yang, Feng, Wang, Huan-Chong (2025): Taxonomic clarification of Silene dawoensis (Caryophyllaceae): synonymization with S. batangensis and reinstatement of S. longiuscula. PhytoKeys 257: 51-64, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.153202
