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A WIDER WORLD OF FLOWERS

The botanical directory

From familiar garden flowers to species you have yet to meet. Explore the flowering plant tree through accepted scientific names, botanical families, and synonyms.

Accepted species
347,476
Synonym names
710,971
Botanical families
430
Genera
13,895

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Scientific names and synonyms are searchable from two characters. Familiar florist names link to their broader genus; common names are not available for every species.

501 species · SileneShowing 457–480

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Flowering species, botanical families, photographs, and available florist guides
PhotoSpeciesFamily & genusFlower guides
No photo yetSilene tibeticaLidén & OxelmanAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene tomentosaOtthAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene trachyphyllaFranch.Accepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene tridentataDesf.Accepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene tubiformisC.L.TangAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene tubulosaOxelman & LidénAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene turbinataGuss.Accepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene turgidaM.Bieb. ex BungeAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene turkestanicaRegelAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene tyrrheniaJeanm. & BocquetAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene undulataAitonAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene ungeriFenzlAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene unifloraRothAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene uralensis(Rupr.) BocquetAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene urvilleiSchott ex d'Urv.Accepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene vallesiaL.Accepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene variegata(Desf.) Boiss. & Heldr.Accepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene velebitica(Degen) WrigleyAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene velutinaPourr. ex Loisel.Accepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene velutinoidesPomelAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene ventricosaAdamovićAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene verecundaS.WatsonAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene villosaForssk.Accepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
No photo yetSilene villosula(Trautv.) V.V.Petrovsky & ElvenAccepted speciesCaryophyllaceaeSilene genus
Related genus guideMaltese Cross
THE SOURCE & THE SCOPE

A living reference.
A documented starting point.

Taxonomy changes as plants are studied. This directory preserves the accepted names and synonym relationships in a specific World Flora Online release, so you can trace every entry to its source.

View the June 2026 source dataset

What is included?

All 347,476 accepted species classified under Angiosperms in this snapshot, plus 710,971 names treated as synonyms of those species. Flowering trees, grasses, and other less familiar flowering plants belong here too.

Is this every flower that has ever existed?

No complete list of every historical or undiscovered species exists. This collection excludes unresolved names, subspecies and varieties as separate records, non-flowering plants, and most cultivated forms. It is not a complete fossil or cultivar register.

Can I order these flowers?

A botanical record does not establish cut-flower availability or suitability for an arrangement. Our 480 florist guides cover commercial flowers, specialty garden cuts, and foliage, with design notes, photos, and calculator links. Calculator selection uses that florist collection; other ingredients can be entered as custom items.

Taxonomy: World Flora Online Consortium · CC0 public domain · Published June 21, 2026. Photographs and editorial florist guides have separate credits.