Silene baccifera

Silene baccifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Silene sect. Cucubalus
Species: Silene baccifera

Name

Silene baccifera (L.) Durande, Fl. Bourgogne 1: 260 (1782).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cucubalus baccifer L., Sp. Pl. 1: 414 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Lychnis baccifera (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 306 (1771).
  • Silene baccifera (L.) Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 491 (1789), isonym.
  • Scribaea cucubalus Borkh., Rhein. Mag. Erweit. Naturk. 1: 591 (1793).
  • Cucubalus horizontalis Moench, Methodus: 711 (1794).
  • Silene fissa Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 302 (1796).
  • Scribaea divaricata G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb., Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 2: 96 (1800).
  • Viscago baccifera (L.) Vest, Man. Bot.: 668 (1805).
  • Lychnanthos scandens C.C.Gmel., Fl. Bad. 2: 249 (1806).
  • Cucubalus divaricatus Clairv., Man. Herbor. Suisse: 145 (1811).
  • Cucubalus baccatus Gueldenst. ex Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 1(2): 333 (1842), pro syn.
  • Scribaea baccifera (L.) Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 100 (1866), pro syn.
• Heterotypic
  • Lychnanthos volubilis S.G.Gmel., Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 525 (1770).
  • Cucubalus baccifer var. japonicus Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 210 (1866).
    • Cucubalus japonicus (Miq.) Vorosch., Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 38: 50 (1960).
    • Silene baccifera var. japonica (Miq.) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 71(5): 268 (1996).
  • Cucubalus baccifer f. atropurpureus Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 129 (1913), nom. nud.
    • Silene baccifera f. atropurpurea (Nakai) M.Kim, Korean Endemic Pl.: 526 (2017).
  • Cucubalus baccifer var. cavalerieri H.Lév., Fl. Kouy-Tchéou: 67 (1914).
  • Cucubalus baccifer var. albiflorus Sennen, Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 25: 138 (1926).
  • Cucubalus kashmiriensis A.K.Skvortsov & Proskur., Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 81(4): 154 (1976).
  • Cucubalus baccifer var. angustifolius L.H.Zhou, Fl. Xizang. 1: 709 (1983).
  • Silene woroschilovii Chepinoga, Bot. Pacifica 12(2): 122 (2023).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain (introduced). Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria (extinct). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Russian Far East Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye. Regional: China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Vietnam. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Durande, J.-F. 1782. Flore De Bourgogne, Ou Catalogue des Plantes naturelles à cette Province, & de celles qu'on y cultive le plus communément, avec l'indication du Sol où elles croissent, du temps de leur floraison, & de la couleur de leurs fleurs. Première partie. viii + 520 + lxxviii pp., Frantin, Dijon. Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum Reference page. 
• Roth, A.W. 1788–1789. Tentamen Florae Germanicae; continens enumerationem plantarum in Germania sponte nascentium. Vol 1. xvi + 560 pp., Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio I.G. Mülleriano. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. [p. 192]
• Gmelin, S.G. "1769" [1770]. Lychnanthos volubilis et Limnanthemum peltatum nova plantarum genera. Novi commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14(1): 525–530. BHL Reference page. [p. 525]

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene baccifera. Accessed: 2026 March 29.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Silene baccifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2026 March 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene baccifera. Accessed: 28 March 2026. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene baccifera. Published online. Accessed 28 March 2026. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2026. Silene baccifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 28 March 2026. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Silene baccifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-April-2012. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• asturianu: Belladona falsa
• azərbaycanca: Giləmeyvəli döyənəkotu
• беларуская: Пухірнік ягадны
• български: Гушевица
• čeština: Nadmutice bobulnatá
• Cymraeg: Gludlys gronynnog
• Deutsch: Hühnerbiss
• English: Berry Catchfly
• español: Belladona falsa
• eesti: Pugulill
• suomi: Marjakohokki
• français: Cucubale à baies
• hrvatski: Bobičasta gušavica
• hornjoserbsce: Wšědna hordlica
• 日本語: ナンバンハコベ
• қазақша: Күйдіргішөп
• lietuvių: Krūmsargė
• Nederlands: Besanjelier
• ирон: Æвзæкъец
• polski: Wyżpin jagodowy
• română: Plescaiță
• русский: Волдырник
• svenska: Bärglim
• татарча / tatarça: Шешәнәк
• 中文（简体）: 狗筋蔓
• 中文（繁體）: 狗筋蔓
• 中文（臺灣）: 狗筋蔓
• 中文: 狗筋蔓

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