Silene fruticosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 417. 1753.

"Habitat in Sicilia." RCN: 3248.

Lectotype (Ghafoor in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 59: 84. 1978): Herb. Linn. No. 583.24 (LINN) .

Current name: Silene fruticosa L. ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: The Boccone plate, cited in synonymy by Linnaeus, is reproduced by Lack (in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 104 B: 454, Abb. 7. 2003), along with voucher material from the Austrian National Library in Vienna (Abb. 8).