Eudianthe
{{short description|Genus of Caryophyllaceae plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image=Himmelsröschen.jpg
|image_caption=Eudianthe coeli-rosa
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|taxon=Eudianthe
|authority=(Rchb.) Rchb.Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 206 (1841)
|subdivision_ranks=Species
|subdivision=See text
|synonyms=Pontinia Fr.
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Eudianthe is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found in the Canary Islands and the western Mediterranean. It can be distinguished from other members of the tribe Sileneae by its linear to narrowly lanceolate leaves and its pink flowers.{{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 }}
Species
Currently accepted species include:{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:6266-1 |title=Eudianthe (Rchb.) Rchb. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=3 February 2021 }}
- Eudianthe coeli-rosa (L.) Fenzl ex Endl.
- Eudianthe laeta (Aiton) Rchb. ex Willk.
- Eudianthe lagrangei (Coss.) Pau