Silene behen Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 418. 1753.

"Habitat in Creta." RCN: 3255.

Lectotype (Talavera & Muñoz Garmendia in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 45: 439. 1989): Herb. Linn. No. 583.32 (LINN) .

Current name: Silene behen L. ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: Ghafoor (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 59: 65. 1978) indicated “582.3” LINN as type. Presumably an error for either sheet 582.31 or 582.32, his statement nevertheless fails to distinguish between these two collections.