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

Silene gallica L.

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 sylvestris*	Lam.	synonym
*Silene agrestina*	Jord. & Fourr.	synonym
*Silene anglica*	L.	synonym
*Silene bohemica*	Jord. & Fourr.	synonym
*Silene cerastoides*	L.	synonym
*Silene coarctata*	Lag.	synonym
*Silene gallica var. gallica*	L.	synonym
*Silene lusitanica*	L.	synonym
*Silene modesta*	Jord. & Fourr.	synonym
*Silene parvula*	Jord. & Fourr.	synonym
*Silene quinquevulnera*	L.	synonym
*Silene rigidula*	L.	synonym
*Silene rosella*	Jord. & Fourr.	synonym
*Silene giraldii*	Guss.	partial synonym
*Silene linophila*	Rothm.	partial synonym
*Silene transtagana*	Cout.	partial synonym

Children

Silene gallica var. giraldii (Guss.) Walters
Silene gallica var. quinquevulnera (L.) W. D. J. Koch

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: silene cerastioide; silene cerastoide; silene gàl.lica sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Majorcan: sincllagas sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: erva das cabacinhas; erva-mel sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: carmelitilla; carmentilla

Literature

nomenclatural reference	L., Sp. Pl. 1753.

Genbank

Citation

Marhold, K. (2011): Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Silene gallica L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=C7223B2A-B99D-42B1-B985-28A06913981D