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Accepted name:: Silene latifolia subsp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet [Caryophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Silene latifolia Poir.
Infraspecies:: 4

Silene latifolia subsp. eriocalycina (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet

Silene latifolia subsp. latifolia

Silene latifolia subsp. mariziana (Gand.) Greuter & Burdet

Silene latifolia subsp. persica (Boiss. & Buhse) Melzh.

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lychnis alba Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
Lychnis alba f. obtusifolia Cuatrec. Cavanillesia 3: 14 (1930).
Lychnis dioica var. alba (Mill.) O.F.Müll. Fl. Fridrichsd.: t. 1792 (1767).
Lychnis dioica var. arvensis Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 514 (1789).
Lychnis dioica var. campestris Wahlenb. Fl. Suecica 1: 286 (1824).
Lychnis dioica subsp. vespertina Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 45 (1894).
Lychnis pratensis Rafn Danm. Holst. Fl.: 2 (1800).
Lychnis vespertina var. incarnata Peterm. Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 332 (1838).
Melandrium album (Mill.) Garcke Fl. N. Mitt.-Deutschland, ed. 4: 55 (1858).
Melandrium album var. advenum Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 30: 165 (1996).
Melandrium album var. crassifolium (Lange) Cout. Fl. Portugal: 214 (1913).
Melandrium dioicum subsp. album (Mill.) D.Löve Bot. Not. 1944: 200 (1944).
Melandrium pratense (Rafn) Röhl. Deutschl. Fl., ed. 2, 2: 274 (1812).
Melandrium pratense var. crassifolium (Lange) Willk. in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 642 (1878).
Melandrium pratense var. macrocalycinum Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 3: 96 (1896).
Melandrium vespertinum Fr. Bot. Not. 1842: 170 (1842).
Melandrium vespertinum var. crassifolium Lange Pug. Pl. Hispan. 4: 115 (1865).
Silene alba (Mill.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 5: 98 (1901), nom. illeg.
Silene alba var. crassifolia (Lange) P.Silva Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2.A, 60: 152 (1987).
Silene latifolia f. incarnata (Peterm.) Lambinon Nouv. Fl. Belg., ed. 4: 988 (1992).
Silene pratensis (Rafn) Godr. in J.C.M.Grenier & D.A.Godron, Fl. France Corse 1: 216 (1847).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Silene latifolia ssp. alba (E. Mill.) Greuter & Burdet	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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