Silene stockenii

Silene stockenii is a species of flowering plant in the Caryophyllaceae first described in 1973.^[2] The specific epithet is named after Christopher Maitland Stocken, who discovered it in 1962 in Bornos.^[3] It is native to Spain,^[2] where it is endemic to grasslands growing in calcareous soil on formations made from calcarenite (a type of limestone)^[4] west of Cádiz in Andalusia.^[1] It is currently listed as critically endangered.^[1] In 1993, the number of individuals belonging to this species was estimated to be below 2000.^[5]

Silene stockenii
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Silene
Species:	S. stockenii
Binomial name
Silene stockenii Chater

Silene stockenii is a gynodioecious–gynomonoecious species.^[6] In this species 7% of individuals are females, 53.5% are hermaphrodites, and 39.5% are intermediate.^[5]