Silene indica

Silene indica

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
Subgenus: S. subg. Behenantha
Sectio: S. sect. Physolychnis
Species: Silene indica
Varietas: S. i. var. bhutanica

Name

Silene indica Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 34 (1814).

Synonyms

• Agrostemma fimbriata Wall. ex G. Don
• Lychnis ciliata Wall.
• Lychnis eriostemon Wall.
• Lychnis fimbriata Wall.
• Lychnis indica (Roxb. ex Otth) Benth.
• Lychnis indica var. fimbriata (Wallich ex G. Don) Edgew. & Hook. fil.
• Lychnis nutans Royle ex Benth.
• Melandrium fimbriatum (Wall. ex G. Don) Walp.
• Melandrium indicum (W. W. Sm.) Walp.
• Melandrium nutans (Royle ex Benth.) Walp.
• Silene edgeworthii Bocquet
• Silene indica var. edgeworthii (Bocquet) Y. Nasir
• Silene thomsonii Majumdar

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia S-Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan (Chitral, Kurram, Hazara, Murree), Pakistani Kashmir (Azad Kashmir), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh), Sikkim References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roxburgh, W. 1814. Hortus Bengalensis, or a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta. Serampore. BHL Reference page. : 34

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Silene indica. 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 15. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Silene indica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Silene indica. Published online. Accessed: Sep 15 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Silene indica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Sep 2019.

Vernacular names

中文: 印度蝇子草

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