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

Silene latifolia Poir.

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

*Lychnis alba*	Mill.	synonym
*Lychnis divaricata*	Rchb.	synonym
*Lychnis macrocarpa*	Boiss. & Reut.	synonym
*Lychnis vespertina*	Sibth.	synonym; nom. illeg.
*Melandrium album*	(Mill.) Garcke	synonym
*Melandrium album subsp. album*	(Mill.) Garcke	synonym
*Melandrium album subsp. divaricatum*	(Rchb.) Hayek	synonym
*Melandrium album subsp. divaricatum*	(Rchb.) Grande	synonym
*Melandrium album subsp. eriocalycinum*	(Boiss.) Hayek	synonym
*Melandrium album subsp. eu-album*	Hayek	synonym
*Melandrium boissieri*	Schischk.	synonym
*Melandrium divaricatum*	(Rchb.) Fenzl	synonym
*Melandrium eriocalycinum*	Boiss.	synonym
*Melandrium latifolium*	(Poir.) Maire	synonym
*Melandrium macrocarpum*	(Boiss.) Willk.	synonym
*Melandrium marizianum*	Gand.	synonym
*Melandrium pratense*	(Rafn) Röhl.	synonym
*Silene alba*	(Mill.) E. H. L. Krause	synonym; nom. illeg.
*Silene alba subsp. alba*	(Mill.) E. H. L. Krause	synonym
*Silene alba subsp. divaricata*	(Rchb.) Walters	synonym
*Silene alba subsp. eriocalycina*	(Boiss.) Walters	synonym
*Silene alba subsp. mariziana*	(Gand.) Franco	synonym
*Silene latifolia subsp. alba*	(Mill.) Greuter & Burdet	synonym
*Silene latifolia subsp. eriocalycina*	(Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet	synonym
*Silene latifolia subsp. latifolia*	Poir.	synonym
*Silene latifolia subsp. mariziana*	(Gand.) Greuter & Burdet	synonym
*Silene pratensis*	(Rafn) Godr.	synonym
*Silene pratensis subsp. divaricata*	(Rchb.) McNeill & H. C. Prent.	synonym
*Silene pratensis subsp. eriocalycina*	(Boiss.) McNeill & H. C. Prent.	synonym
*Silene pratensis subsp. mariziana*	(Gand.) McNeill & H. C. Prent.	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: melandri blanc 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).

Galician: asubios; asubiote; asubiotes; cabaciñas; dioica; herba do subiotes; herba dos asubiotes; herba dos subiotes; ollos de Cristo; subrilotes 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: alfabaga silvestre; assobio 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: albahaca montesina; albahaca turca; borbonesa; colleja blanca; doble campeón; jabonera blanca 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).

Valencian: cunillet bort

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Poir., Voy. Barbarie 2. 1789.

Genbank

Citation

Marhold, K. (2011): Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Silene latifolia Poir.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=A047FC86-6E5C-49BC-B99B-B7BE5C782A0A