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Lychnis

Ragged-robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Lychnis
Species

Lychins chalcedonica (Maltese Cross)
Lychnis coronaria (rose campion)
Lychnis flos-cuculi (ragged robin)
Lychnis flos-jovis (flower-of-Jove)
Lychnis fulgens Download high resolution version (800x701, 161 KB)Ragged-robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi). ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Achatocarpaceae Aizoaceae (Fig-marigold family) Amaranthaceae (amaranth family) Ancistrocladaceae Asteropeiaceae Barbeuiaceae Basellaceae (basella family) Cactaceae (cactus family) Caryophyllaceae (carnation family) Dioncophyllaceae Droseraceae (sundew family) Drosophyllaceae Frankeniaceae Molluginaceae (carpetweed family) Nepenthaceae Nyctaginaceae (four-oclock family) Physenaceae Phytolaccaceae (pokeweed family) Plumbaginaceae (plumbago family) Polygonaceae (buckwheat family) Portulacaceae (purslane family) Rhabdodendraceae... Genera See text The Caryophyllaceae, the Pink or Carnation family, are a family of dicotyledons, flowering plants, included in the order Caryophyllales. ... Binomial name Lychnis chalcedonica Linnaeus The Maltese Cross or Jerusalem Cross (Lychnis chalcedonica), also known as the Dusky Salmon, is a herbaceous perennial native to Russia, noted for its clusters of dense, scarlet-colored flowers. ... The Maltese Cross or Jerusalem Cross (Lychnis chalcedonica) is a perennial native to Russia, noted for its clusters of scarlet flowers. ...

The genus Lychnis are flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. They include several Campions along with the related genus Silene. One difference between the two genera is the sticky stalk. See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Genera See text The Caryophyllaceae, the Pink or Carnation family, are a family of dicotyledons, flowering plants, included in the order Caryophyllales. ... Categories: Plant stubs | Caryophyllales ... Species Red campion, White campion, Sea campion, Firepink or fiery campion, Bladder campion, Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. ...


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