Atocion Adans.

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Corse, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine

Introduced into:

Alabama, Altay, Amur, Azores, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Central European Russia, Chita, Colombia, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Florida, Great Britain, Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Madeira, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Québec, Réunion, Sakhalin, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Frojman, B., Thollensson, M. & Oxelman, B. (2013). Taxonomic revision of Atocion and Viscaria (Sileneae, Caryophyllaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 173: 194-210.
• Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
• Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press. [Cited as Silene.]