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June 2025

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Saponaria officinalis L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 408 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000438211.

Synonyms of Saponaria officinalis L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Bootia saponaria Neck. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 2: 484 (1770) wfo-0000568915
Bootia vulgaris Neck. Delic. Gallo-Belg. 1: 193 (1768) wfo-0000568916
Lychnis officinalis Scop. Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 303 (1771) wfo-0001238590
Silene saponaria Fries ex Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3(3): 671. 1878 [Jul 1878] wfo-0001238591