Silene cretica

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

Silene cretica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 420 (1753).

Heterotypic
- Silene parviflora Moench, Methodus: 708 (1794).
- Silene rubella Suffren, Cat. Pl. Frioul: 141 (1802).
- Silene annulata Thore, Essai Chloris: 173 (1803).
  - Silene cretica var. annulata (Thore) Rohrb., Monogr. Silene: 167 (1869).
  - Silene cretica subsp. annulata (Thore) Hayek, Fl. Steiermark 1: 344 (1908).
- Silene lychnidiflora Otth in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 375 (1824).
- Silene costata Otth in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 376 (1824).
- Silene dilleniana Schott ex Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 264 (1829).
- Silene angustifolia D.Dietr., Syn. Plant. 2: 1568 (1840), nom. illeg.
- Silene panormitana Parl. ex Bertol., Fl. Ital. 4: 610 (1841).
- Silene constantia hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (Vienna) 1849(Adv. Bot.): [2] (1851), nom. inval.
- Silene amoena hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (Vienna) 1850(Adv. Bot.): [9] (1851), pro syn.
- Silene clandestina hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (Vienna) 1850(Adv. Bot.): [9] (1851), nom. illeg.
- Silene dillenii hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (Vienna) 1850(Adv. Bot.): [9] (1851), nom. inval.
- Silene reticulata hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (Vienna) 1850(Adv. Bot.): [9] (1851), nom. inval.
- Silene nyctantha hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (Vienna) 1850(Adv. Bot.): [9] (1851), nom. inval.
- Silene portensis Friv. ex Rohrb., Monogr. Silene: 167 (1869), nom. inval.
- Silene papillosa Formánek, Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 16: 21 (1898), nom. illeg.

Silene cretica hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (Vienna) 1850(Adv. Bot.): [9] (1851), nom. inval. = Silene disticha Willd., Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 476 (1809).
Silene cretica hort. ex E.Vilm., Fl. Pleine Terre, ed. 3: 1070 (1870), nom. illeg. = Silene pendula L., Sp. Pl. 1: 418 (1753).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe (introduced)
  - Czechia-Slovakia, Germany (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe (introduced)
  - Portugal, Spain (introduced).
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Northwest Balkan Peninsula, Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Palestine, Türkiye.

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