Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Caryophyllanae > Order Caryophyllales > Family Caryophyllaceae > Genus Silene

Silene italica (L.) Pers.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Silene*	L.	accepted genus name
*Behen*	Moench	synonym
*Coronaria*	Schaeff.	synonym
*Cucubalus*	L.	synonym
*Elisanthe*	Rchb.	synonym
*Eudiantha*	(Rchb.) Rchb.	synonym
*Eudianthe*	(Rchb.) Rchb.	synonym
*Gastrolychnis*	(Fenzl) Rchb. f.	synonym
*Heliosperma*	Rchb.	synonym
*Lychnis*	L.	synonym
*Melandrium*	Röhl.	synonym
*Oberna*	(Adans.) Belli	synonym
*Otites*	(Adans.) Belli	synonym
*Pleconax*	Raf.	synonym
*Polyschemone*	Schott	synonym
*Schischkiniella*	Steenis	synonym
*Silene baccifera*	(L.) Roth	synonym
*Steris*	(Adans.) Belli	synonym
*Viscago*	Zinn	synonym
*Viscaria*	Röhl.	synonym
*Wahlbergella*	Fr.	synonym

Species group names

*Cucubalus italicus*	L.	basionym
*Cucubalus italicus*	L.	homotypic synonym
*Silene pilosa*	(Willd.) Spreng.	synonym

Children

Silene italica (L.) Pers. subsp. italica
Silene italica subsp. peloponnesiaca Greuter
Silene italica subsp. sicula (Ucria) Jeanm.
Silene italica var. pogonocalyx Svent.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: silene itàlica

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Pers., Syn. Pl. 1. 1805.

Genbank

Citation

Marhold, K. (2011): Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Silene italica (L.) Pers.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=33DAD1A6-3879-45C7-BDDA-7454DAFA437E