Atocion

{{short description|Genus of Caryophyllaceae plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image=Silene sp. - Kanlıbasırotu.jpg

|image_caption=Atocion compactum

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|taxon=Atocion

|authority=Adans.Fam. Pl. 2: 254 (1763)

|subdivision_ranks=Species

|subdivision=See text

|synonyms_ref=

|synonyms=* Minjaevia Tzvelev

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Atocion is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, tribe Sileneae, native to Europe, the Caucasus region, and the Middle East as far east as Iran. The species diversity is highest in the Balkans.{{cite journal |title=A revised generic classification of the tribe Sileneae (Caryophyllaceae) |year=2000 |last1=Oxelman |first1=B. |last2=Lidén |first2=M. |last3=Rabeler |first3=R. K. |last4=Popp |first4=M. |journal=Nordic Journal of Botany |volume=20 |issue=6 |pages=743–748 |doi=10.1111/j.1756-1051.2000.tb00760.x |hdl=2027.42/73198 |quote=Key to the genera |hdl-access=free }}