Silene gallica

Silene gallica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sileneae
Genus: Silene
Species: Silene gallica
Varietates: S. g. var. gallica – S. g. var. giraldii

Name

Silene gallica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 417. 1753, nom. cons.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Oncerum gallicum (L.) Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 256. 1867.
  • Corone gallica (L.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 344. 1868.
• Heterotypic
  • Silene agrestina (Fourr.) Jordan & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 6. 1866.
    • Corone agrestina Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 344. 1868.
    • Silene gallica var. agrestina (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & Foucaud in Rouy, Fl. France 3: 118. 1896.
    • Silene gallica subvar. agrestina (Jord. & Fourr.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Pl. 5(2): 99.. 1920.
  • Silene agricola E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 5: 87. 1901.
  • Silene anglica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 416. 1753, nom. rej.
    • Silene gallica subsp. anglica (L.) Syme, English Botany: 60. 1864.
    • Silene gallica subsp. anglica (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, comb. superfl.
    • Silene gallica var. anglica (L.) W.D.J.Koch
  • Silene cerastoides var. anomala Ball, J. Bot. 11: 301. 1873.
  • Silene arvensis Salisb., Prod. 301.. 1796.
  • Silene bohemica Jordan & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 6. 1866.
    • Silene gallica subvar. bohemica (Jord. & Fourr.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Pl. 5(2): 99.. 1920.
  • Silene candollei Jord. ex Guss., Enum. Pl. Inarim.: 37. 1855.
  • Silene canescens Hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 7. 1851.
  • Silene cantabrica Jord. & Fourn., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 5. 1866.
  • Silene cerastoides L., Sp. Pl.: 417. 1753. nom. rej.
    • Lychnis cerastoides (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 309. 1771.
  • Silene chia Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 409. 1825.
  • Silene chilensis Cham. & Schltdl. ex Rohrb., Monogr. Silene: 97.. 1869.
  • Silene clusii Hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 7. 1851.
  • Silene colorata Hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 9. 1851.
  • Silene congesta Schott ex Steud., Nom. ed. 2, 2: 583.. 1841.
  • Silene conica Geners. ex Rohrb., Monogr. Silene: 97.. 1869.
  • Silene cruentata Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 8. 1866.
  • Silene cuneifolia J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 714. 1791.
  • Silene distycha Webb, Iter Hispan.: 63. 1838.
  • Silene glandulosa Bertol., Fl. Ital. 6: 626.. 1847.
  • Silene glomerata Gay, Fl. Chil. 1: 259. 1846.
  • Silene haenkeana Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 2: 19. 1831.
  • Silene hirsuta Presl ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
  • Silene hispida Hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 7. 1851.
  • Silene jucunda Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 8. 1866.
  • Silene linifolia Hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 9. 1851.
  • Silene linophila Rothm., Agron. Lusit. 6: 264. 1944.
  • Silene littoralis Jord., Cat. Jard. Dijon.. 1848.
  • Silene littorea Hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 9. 1851.
  • Silene lusitanica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 416. 1753.
    • Silene gallica var. lusitanica (L.) Willk. & Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hisp. 3: 647.. 1878.
  • Silene marginata Schott, Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 210. 1824.
  • Silene micropetala Ten., Fl. Napol. 5: 344. 1835-1836.
  • Silene gallica var. minor Ball, Spicil. Fl. Maroc 356. (1877).
  • Silene minutiflora Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 4. 1866.
  • Silene modesta Jordan & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 5.. 1866.non Boiss. & Blanche
    • Silene gallica var. modesta (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & Foucaud, in Rouy, Fl. France 3: 119. 1896.
    • Silene gallica subvar. modesta (Jord. & Fourr.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Pl. 5(2): 99.. 1920.
  • Silene myloptera Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 8. 1866.
  • Silene nicaeensis Hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 7. 1851.
  • Silene occitanica Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 6. 1866.
  • Silene oliveriana Hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 7. 1851.
  • Silene pachyphylla Hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 2, 7. 1851.
  • Silene parvula Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 7. 1866.
  • Silene portensis Hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 2. 1851.
  • Silene pygmaea Herder, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1858: 44. 1859.
  • Silene quinquevulnera L., Sp. Pl. 1: 416. 1753. nom. rej.
    • Silene gallica var. quinquevulnera (L.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 3: 230. 1831.
    • Corone quinquevulnera (L.) Hoffmanns. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 422. 1840.
  • Silene reflexa Moench, Methodus: 705. 1794.
  • Silene rigidula L., Cent. Pl. II: 16. 1756.
  • Silene rosella Jordan & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 7. 1866.
    • Silene gallica subvar. rosella (Jord. & Fourr.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Pl. 5(2): 99.. 1920.
  • Silene rostrata Dufour, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 244. 1860.
  • Silene sabuletorum Hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 7. 1851.
  • Silene sardoa Moris ex Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 813. 1832.
  • Silene sciotica Otth in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 372. 1824.
  • Silene semiglabra Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 7. 1866.
  • Silene silvestris Schott ex Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 812.. 1832.
  • Silene spatulata Larrañaga, Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 155. 1923.
  • Silene suboccultata Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 5. 1866.
  • Cucubalus sylvestris Lam., Fl. Franç. 3: 28. 1779.
    • Silene sylvestris (Lam.) Gaterau, Desc. Pl. Montauban: 82. 1789.
    • Silene gallica var. sylvestris (Lam.) Asch., Fl. Prov. Brandenb. 1: 88.. 1860.
  • Silene tergestina Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 6. 1866.
  • Silene transtagana Cout., Notas Fl. Portugal 5: 7. 1921.
  • Silene tridentata Ramond ex DC., in Lamarck & DC., Fl. Franc., ed. 3. 4: 758.
  • Silene undulatifolia Hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 7. 1851.
  • Cucubalus variegatus Lam., Fl. Franç. 3: 28. 1779.
  • Silene vernalis Poepp. ex Rohrb., Monogr. Silene: 97. 1869.
  • Lychnis vulnerata Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 309. 1771.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Finland (casual), Great Britain, Ireland (introduced) Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany (introduced), Hungary, Netherlands, Poland (introduced), Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia (Sicilia, Malta), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia). Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States (Latvia; casual), Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores (Corvo, Faial, Flores, Graciosa, Pico, Santa Maria, Sao Jorge, Sao Miguel, Terceira; introduced), Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Gomera, Hierro, La Palma, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote; doubtfully native), Cape Verde (Santiago, Santo Antão, São Nicolau), Madeira (Desertas, Madeira, Porto Santo), Selvagens Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia (introduced). Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda (introduced). Regional: South Tropical Africa Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces (introduced). Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean Ascension, St. Helena (introduced). Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Réunion (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Gruziya). Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel, Jordan), Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India (Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh), Pakistan, West Himalaya (Himachal Pradesh). Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia (introduced). Regional: New Zealand Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South (main island, Stewart island) (introduced). Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands; introduced) Continental: Northern America (all introduced) Regional: Western Canada British Columbia. Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Oregon, Washington. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Missouri. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest, Mexican Pacific Islands. Continental: Southern America (all introduced) Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Bermuda, Haiti, Jamaica. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Juan Fernández Islands, Uruguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 417. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Silene gallica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 14. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Silene gallica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Silene gallica. Published online. Accessed: Sep 14 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Silene gallica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Sep 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Silene gallica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile
• Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Silene gallica. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 12 Jul 2020.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Französisches Leimkraut
English: small-flowered catchfly, common catchfly
suomi: Ranskankohokki
français: Silène de France
Nederlands: franse silene
polski: Lepnica francuska

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