- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1171102-2
- Publication
- Flora of North America, A (Torrey & Gray)
- Collation
- 1(4): 675 (-676)
- Date of Publication
- Jun 1840
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Caryophyllaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- D. Douglas s.n.
- Type Herbaria
- holotype GH
- Distribution Of Types
- California (Southwestern U.S.A., Northern America)
- Type Remarks
- Torrey & A.
Remarks
Torrey & A. Gray referred to Lychnis pulchra, var. Hook. & Arn.! bot. Beechy, Suppl. p. 326. (an Cham. & Schlecht.?). Their citation of an Cham. & Schleccht.? refers to Lychnis pulchra Schtdl. & Cham. (1830). Since they indirectly referred to L. pulchra with an expression of doubt, S. pulchra is treated as a sp. nov.