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Internal ID UUID643ffd2fb8499850148834
Scientific name Silene nutans
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 417 (1753)

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Industrial and craft applications:
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Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
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Colorants and tanning:
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Wood and fiber:
None documented.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Silene brachypoda Rouy Ill. Pl. Eur. : 26 (1895)
Silene nutans var. brachypoda (Rouy) Molero Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 32: 354 (1975)
Silene nutans subsp. smithiana (Moss) Jeanm. & Bocquet Candollea 38: 293 (1983)
Cucubalus nutans Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 35 (1779)
Cucubalus quadrifidus Pollini Giorn. Fis. Chim. Storia Nat. Med. Arti 9: 29. 1816
Cucubalus rubens Roth Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(2): 286 (1827)
Silene nutans var. smithiana Moss Cambr. Brit. Fl. 3: 80 1920

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Language Common/alternative name
English eurasian catchfly
English nottingham catchfly
Arabic سيلينة مموجة
Belarusian Смалёўка панікаючая
Czech silenka nicí
Welsh gludlys gogwyddol
Danish nikkende limurt
German gemeines nickendes leimkraut
German nickendes leimkraut
Estonian longus põisrohi
Finnish nuokkukohokki
French silène penché
Upper Sorbian wisaty lěpjenk
Hungarian kónya habszegfű
Lithuanian nusvirusioji naktižiedė
Latvian nokarenā plaukšķene
Norwegian Bokmål nikkesmelle
Dutch nachtsilene
Polish lepnica zwisła
Russian Смолёвка поникшая
Slovak silenka ovisnutá
Slovenian kimasta lepnica
Swedish backglim
Ukrainian Смілка поникла
Chinese 欧亚蝇子草
Chinese 歐亞蠅子草

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Name Authority First published in
Silene nutans subsp. dubia (Herbich) Zapal. Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Acad. Umiejetn., Dzial B, Nauki Biol. 11B: 151 1911
Silene nutans subsp. livida (Willd.) Jeanm. & Bocquet Candollea 38: 291 (1983)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • West Siberia
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000440799
USDA Plants SINU2
Tropicos 6300235
INPN 123568
Flora of Italy 809
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157927-1
The Plant List kew-2488633
Plantarium 35847
Open Tree Of Life 577235
Observations.org 7466
NCBI Taxonomy 42038
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000002995
Nature Serve 2.131860
IPNI 157927-1
iNaturalist 124138
GBIF 5384781
Freebase /m/0cjlrm
EPPO SILNU
EOL 593152
Elurikkus 7267
Wikipedia Silene_nutans

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Plants, Microorganisms and Their Metabolites in Supporting Asbestos Detoxification—A Biological Perspective in Asbestos Treatment Łuniewski S, Rogowska W, Łozowicka B, Iwaniuk P Materials (Basel) 03-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11012542
doi:10.3390/ma17071644
PMID:38612157
Bumble bee microbiota shows temporal succession and increase of lactic acid bacteria when exposed to outdoor environments Weinhold A, Grüner E, Keller A Front Cell Infect Microbiol 04-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10945022
doi:10.3389/fcimb.2024.1342781
PMID:38500505
Ecological and Syntaxonomic Analysis of the Communities of Glebionis coronaria and G. discolor (Malvion neglectae) in the European Mediterranean Area Cano E, Cano-Ortiz A, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Rodrigues Meireles C, Raposo M, Pinto Gomes C, Laface VL, Spampinato G, Musarella CM Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934477
doi:10.3390/plants13050568
PMID:38475415
Paternal leakage of plastids rescues inter-lineage hybrids in Silene nutans Postel Z, Van Rossum F, Godé C, Schmitt E, Touzet P Ann Bot 23-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC11006537
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad196
PMID:38141228
Sexual dimorphism and female advantage hypothesis in the gynomonoecious-gynodioecious Dianthus plumarius (Caryophyllaceae) Gavini SS AoB Plants 28-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10712218
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plad084
PMID:38090391
Dispersal capacities of pollen, seeds and spores: insights from comparative analyses of spatial genetic structures in bryophytes and spermatophytes Fichant T, Ledent A, Collart F, Vanderpoorten A Front Plant Sci 30-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10642818
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1289240
PMID:37965033
An annotated nomenclatural checklist of endemic vascular plants distributed in the Ukrainian Carpathians Novikov A Biodivers Data J 11-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10848708
doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e103921
PMID:38327305
Editorial: Molecular insights in plant reproductive isolation barriers Mino M, Lafon Placette C, Tezuka T Front Plant Sci 26-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10411184
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1257823
PMID:37564392
Endangered Forest Communities in Central Europe: Mapping Current and Potential Distributions of Euro-Siberian Steppic Woods with Quercus spp. in South Slovak Basin Oravec P, Wittlinger L, Máliš F Biology (Basel) 25-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10376067
doi:10.3390/biology12070910
PMID:37508342
What is the potential impact of genetic divergence of plastid ribosomal genes between Silene nutans lineages in hybrids? An in silico approach using the 3D structure of the plastid ribosome Postel Z, Mauri T, Lensink MF, Touzet P Front Plant Sci 08-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10201985
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1167478
PMID:37223795
Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions Brunbjerg AK, Fløjgaard C, Frøslev TG, Andersen DK, Bruun HH, Dalby L, Goldberg I, Lehmann LJ, Moeslund JE, Ejrnæs R Ecol Evol 01-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9627074
doi:10.1002/ece3.9445
PMID:36340817
Pollinator sharing between reproductively isolated genetic lineages of Silene nutans Cornet C, Noret N, Van Rossum F Front Plant Sci 21-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9634645
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.927498
PMID:36340351
Southern Carpathian ultramafic grasslands within the central-southeast European context: syntaxonomic classification and overall eco-coenotic patterns Coldea G, Gafta D, Negrean G, Stoica AI, Hurdu BI Bot Stud 12-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9556682
doi:10.1186/s40529-022-00355-8
PMID:36222902
Convergence without divergence in North American red-flowering Silene Berardi AE, Betancourt Morejón AC, Hopkins R Front Plant Sci 06-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9485837
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.945806
PMID:36147235
The Effect of the Distance from a Path on Abiotic Conditions and Vascular Plant Species in the Undergrowth of Urban Forests and Parks Kostrakiewicz-Gierałt K, Gmyrek K, Pliszko A Int J Environ Res Public Health 05-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9102423
doi:10.3390/ijerph19095621
PMID:35565008

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Bile acids, alcohols and derivatives / Hydroxy bile acids, alcohols and derivatives
(1S,2R,3R,5R,9R,10R,13R,14S,17S)-1,2,3,14-tetrahydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R,3S,5R)-2,3,5,6-tetrahydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-2,3,4,5,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one 162989395 Click to see CC12CCC3C(=CC(=O)C4C3(C(C(C(C4)O)O)O)C)C1(CCC2C(C)(C(CC(C(C)(C)O)O)O)O)O 512.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579144
(2S,3R,5S,9R,10R,13R,14S,17S)-2,3,5,14-tetrahydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R,3R)-2,3,6,7-tetrahydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-1,2,3,4,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one 12148979 Click to see 512.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50068A002
1,2,3,14-tetrahydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-(2,3,5,6-tetrahydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-2,3,4,5,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one 566382 Click to see 512.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579144
2,3,14,20,22,25-Hexahydroxycholest-7-en-6-one 271605 Click to see 480.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S10600-007-0049-6
20-Hydroxyecdysone 5459840 Click to see 480.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575751
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02254804
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00574250
https://doi.org/10.1007/S10600-007-0049-6
2beta,3beta,5beta,14,20,22R,25-Heptahydroxycholest-7-en-6-one 441833 Click to see CC12CCC3C(=CC(=O)C4(C3(CC(C(C4)O)O)C)O)C1(CCC2C(C)(C(CCC(C)(C)O)O)O)O 496.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00574250
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575751
Nusilsterone 13799583 Click to see 512.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579144
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Bile acids, alcohols and derivatives / Hydroxy bile acids, alcohols and derivatives / Tetrahydroxy bile acids, alcohols and derivatives
[(2R,3R)-2-[(3S,5R,9R,10R,13R,14S,17S)-3,14-dihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-6-oxo-2,3,4,5,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-2,6-dihydroxy-6-methylheptan-3-yl] benzoate 163193497 Click to see 568.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S10600-007-0049-6
[2-(3,14-dihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-6-oxo-2,3,4,5,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)-2,6-dihydroxy-6-methylheptan-3-yl] benzoate 14680223 Click to see 568.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S10600-007-0049-6
2-Deoxyecdysone 13939876 Click to see CC(C1CCC2(C1(CCC3C2=CC(=O)C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)O)C(CCC(C)(C)O)O 448.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575751
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Cholestane steroids / Cholesterols and derivatives
(1S,2R,3R,5R,9R,10R,13R,14S,17S)-17-[(2S)-2,6-dihydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-1,2,3,14-tetrahydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one 70691108 Click to see 480.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50068A002
17-(2,6-dihydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-2,3,14-trihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one 73190095 Click to see 464.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00574250
Taxisterone 15251158 Click to see 464.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00574250

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