Silene muscipula subsp. muscipula

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 muscipula L. subsp. muscipula, autonym

Heterotypic
- Cucubalus dichotomus Lam., Fl. Franç. 3: 32 (1779).
- Silene stricta Lapeyr., Hist. Pl. Pyrénées: 246 (1813), nom. illeg.
- Silene corymbifera Bertol., Fl. Ital. 4: 591 (1841).
  - Silene muscipula subsp. corymbifera (Bertol.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 90 (1882).
- Silene bracteosa Bertol., Fl. Ital. 6: 627 (1847).
  - Silene muscipula subsp. bracteosa (Bertol.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 90 (1882).
  - Silene muscipula var. bracteosa (Bertol.) Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 3: 136 (1896).
- Silene muscipula var. angustifolia Costa, Index Seminum (BC, Barcinonensis) 1860: Adnotat. (1860).
- Muscipula australis Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 344 (1868).
- Silene arvensis Loscos, Trat. Pl. Aragon 1: 31 (1877), nom. illeg.
- Silene muscipula var. arvensis Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 3: 136 (1896).
- Silene jennensis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 52: 449 (1905).
- Silene parlangei Emb., Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 15: 197 (1935).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain, Ireland (introduced).
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Germany (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, France, Portugal, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Italy, Sicilia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands (Fuerteventura).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Lebanon-Syria, Palestine.

Greuter, W. 1997. Silene. Pp. 239–323 in Strid, A. & Tan, K. (eds.), Flora Hellenica. Volume One (Gymnospermae to Caryophyllaceae). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 547 pp. ISBN 3-87429-391-2. Reference page. [Greece & Sicily: archeophyte]

Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene muscipula subsp. muscipula. Accessed: 4 Jan 2026.Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Silene muscipula subsp. muscipula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 16. Reference page. [Greece & Sicily: introduced]
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Silene muscipula subsp. muscipula in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Jan 4.Reference page. [Greece & Sicily: native]