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Silene diclinis is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to Spain. Its natural habitat is pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss and is classified as an endangered species by the IUCN. It is dioecious, with separate male and female plants. It forms a clade with several other species that are dioecious.
Silene diclinis is a perennial herb in the family Caryophyllaceae, closely allied to the widespread European species S. dioica and S. latifolia (section Elisanthe). It is strictly endemic to eastern Spain, where its only known wild population occurs on calcareous pastureland above Játiva (Valencia province). A 1978 survey recorded roughly 500–600 flowering individuals divided into three spatially separated subpopulations. This restricted, fragmented distribution has persisted since at least the late 19th century, when Pau (1896) first noted its rarity, and remains imperilled by ongoing encroachment of matorral scrub, which suppresses flowering and reduces suitable open‐habitat area.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Silene diclinis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
