Taxon:
Silene flos-jovis (L.) Greuter & Burdet
Summary
Place of publication:
Willdenowia 12:189. 1982
Verified:
02/22/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Greuter, W. & H. Burdet. 1982. Caryophyllaceae. In: W. Greuter & T. Raus (eds.), Med-Checklist notulae, 6. Willdenowia 12:189. URL: http://www.bgbm.org/bgbmpress/willdenowia.htm
- Mabberley, D. J. 1999. Silene banksia (Caryophyllaceae), an ancient garden plant. Telopea 8:255. URL: http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science/Scientific_publications/telopea/
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2. Note: = Lychnis flos-jovis (L.) Desr.
Common names
English
flower-of-Jove – French
lychnis fleur-de-Jupiter – German
Jupiter-Lichtnelke – Swedish
jupitersblomster –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | Alps & c. |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | Alps |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Europe
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Switzerland
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy (Alps & c.)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
France (Alps)
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | as Lychnis flos-jovis | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |