Plant Details

Accepted name:: Silene noctiflora L. [Caryophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
nightflowering silene	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cucubalus noctiflorus (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 8 (1768).
Elisanthe noctiflora (L.) Rupr. Fl. Ingrica: 161 (1843).
Lychnis noctiflora (L.) Schreb. Spic. Fl. Lips.: 21 (1771).
Melandrium noctiflorum (L.) Fr. Bot. Not. 1842: 170 (1842).
Saponaria noctiflora Fenzl ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 93 (1878), not validly publ.
Silene bergeri Fenzl Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 9 (1851), not validly publ.
Silene dichotoma Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 169 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Silene exaltata Fenzl Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 9 (1851), not validly publ.
Silene fortunei Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1863: 34 (1863).
Silene fortunii Fenzl Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 9 (1851), not validly publ.
Silene membrancea Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 165 (1806).
Silene orientalis Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 10 (1768).
Silene pauciflora Kit. Linnaea 32: 537 (1864), nom. illeg.
Silene pygmaea Fenzl Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1850(Adv. Bot.): 7 (1851), not validly publ.
Silene sibirica Schrank Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 212 (1824), nom. illeg.
Silene viscida Moench Methodus: 708 (1794).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Silene noctiflora L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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