Silene andicola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida 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 andicola

Name

Silene andicola Gillies ex Hook. & Arn., Bot. Misc. 3: 147 (1833).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Saponaria andicola (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Kunze ex Rohrb., Monogr. Silene: 231 (1869).
- Melandrium andicola (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Rohrb., Linnaea 36(2): 221 (1869), as andicolum.
- Lychnis andicola (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16(3): 61 (1889).
- Wahlbergella andicola (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Rouy, Rev. Bot. Syst. Géogr. Bot. 1: 15 (1903).
Heterotypic
- Silene glandulosa Hampe ex Walp., Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 302 (1843).
- Lychnis terminalis Naudin ex Gay, Fl. Chil. 1: 255 (1846).
  - Melandrium terminale (Naudin ex Gay) Reiche & Johow in K.F.Reiche, Fl. Chile 1: 177 (1895).
- Lychnis chilensis Naudin ex Gay, Fl. Chil. 1: 256 (1846).
  - Melandrium chilense (Naudin ex Gay) Rohrb., Linnaea 36(2): 222 (1869).
  - Silene chilensis (Naudin ex Gay) Bocquet, Candollea 22(1): 36 (1967).
- Silene plutonica Naudin ex Gay, Fl. Chil. 1: 258 (1846).
  - Melandrium plutonicum (Naudin ex Gay) Reiche & Johow in K.F.Reiche, Fl. Chile 1: 177 (1895).
  - Melandrium chilense var. plutonicum (Naudin ex Gay) Hosseus, Trab. Inst. Bot. Farmacol. 33: 34 (1915).
- Silene nubigena Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 21: 378 (1862).
  - Melandrium andicola var. nubigenum Reiche, Anales Univ. Chile 91: 326 (1895).
- Silene glutinosa Hampe ex Rohrb., Monogr. Silene: 80 (1869), nom. inval.
- Melandrium cucubaloides Fenzl ex Rohrb., Linnaea 36(2): 223 (1869).
  - Melandrium chilense var. cucubaloides (Fenzl ex Rohrb.) Hosseus, Trab. Inst. Bot. Farmacol. 33: 34 (1915).
- Melandrium koslowskii Dusén, Ark. Bot. 7(2): 18 (1907).
- Melandrium chilense var. argentinense Hosseus, Trab. Inst. Bot. Farmacol. 33: 35 (1915).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Bolivia. Regional: Southern South America Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Hooker, W.J. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1833. Contributions towards a flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. (To be continued.) Botanical Miscellany 3: 1–389 tt. XXI–CXII. BHL Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene andicola. Accessed: 2026 April 26.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Silene andicola in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 March 10. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene andicola. Accessed: 10 March 2026. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene andicola. Published online. Accessed: 10 March 2026. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2026. Silene andicola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 March 2026. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Silene andicola in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-April-2012. Reference page.