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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Dianthus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl.: 409. 1753.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000011319.

Literature

Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 409. 1753 [1 May 1753] ; et in Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 191 (1754)

Statistics

Synonyms of Dianthus

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Caryophyllus	Mill.	Gard. Dict. Abr.: [textus s.n.]. 1754.	wfo-4000006864
Cylichnanthus	Dulac	Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 260. 1867.	wfo-4000010315
Velezia	L.	Sp. Pl.: 332. 1753.	wfo-4000040091
Caryophyllus	Tourn. ex Moench	Methodus: 58. 1794.	wfo-4100001943
Diosanthos	St.-Lag.	in Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 87. 1880.	wfo-4100001944
Plumaria	Opiz	Seznanthus 75 (1852)	wfo-4100002298

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