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384.0000 Family Caryophyllaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 299 (1789), nom. cons.
102 genera, ca. 3250 spp. Higher systematics: Xue et al. (2023)
Species listed in database: 3336; hybrids: 59
= Alsinaceae Bartl.; Beitr. Bot. [Bartling & Wendland] 2: 159 (1825), nom. cons.
= Cerastiaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 271, 292 (1818)
= Corrigiolaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 44, 49 (1829)
= Dianthaceae D.L.Fu; Amer. J. Agric. Forest. 12(5): 352 (2024), nom. illeg.
= Dianthaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 271, 293 (1818)
= Herniariaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 307 (1820)
= Illecebraceae R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 413 (1810), nom. cons.
= Lychnidaceae Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 638 (1843)
= Minuartiaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 49 (1835)
= Ortegaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 443 (1820)
= Paronychiaceae Juss.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 2: 386 (1815)
= Polycarpaeaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 49 (1835)
= Sabulinaceae Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 623 (1843)
= Saginaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 239 (1820)
= Scleranthaceae J.Presl & C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 66 (1822)
= Silenaceae Bartl.; Beitr. Bot. [Bartling & Wendland] 2: 160 (1825)
= Spergulaceae Bartl.; Beitr. Bot. [Bartling & Wendland] 2: 158 (1825)
= Stellariaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 239 (1820)
= Telephiaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 633 (1829)
384.0607 Genus Colobanthus Bartl.; Reliq. Haenk. 2: 13 (1831)
Distribution: mostly subantarctic: Kerguélen, Australia, New Zealand, Auckland and Campbell Is., temperate S-America / Andes (4), Falkland Is., Antarctic peninsula
Species listed in database: 23
= Colobanthus Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 305 (1830), not validly publ.
= Drudea Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 26 (1879)
species :
Colobanthus acicularis Hook.f.; Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 25 (1864)
Distribution: New Zealand
51 NZL
species :
Colobanthus affinis (Hook.) Hook.f.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 410 (1840)
Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); New Zealand; Macquarie Isl.
50 AUS 51 NZL 91 MAQ
Synonyms: hidden
= Spergula affinis Hook.; Icon. Pl. 3: t. 266 (1840)
= Stellaria uniflora Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f.; Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) 1: 27 (1852)
species :
Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce; Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 616 (1916 publ. 1917)
Distribution: Australia (South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); New Zealand (widespread); Chatham Isl.; Antipodes Isl.; Auckland Isl.; Campbell Isl.
50 AUS 51 ATP AUC CTM NZL 91 CMP
Synonyms: hidden
= Spergula apetala Labill.; Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 112, t. 142 (1805)
variant :
var. alpinus (Kirk) L.B.Moore; Fl. New Zealand 2: 214 (1970)
Distribution: New Zealand; Auckland Isl.; Macquarie Isl.; Campbell Isl.
51 AUC NZL 91 CMP MAQ
Synonyms: hidden
= Colobanthus billardieri var. alpinus Kirk; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 356 (1895)
= Colobanthus crassifolius var. alpinus (Kirk) Cheeseman; Man. New Zealand Fl., ed. 2: 425 (1925)
species :
Colobanthus bolivianus Pax; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 109 (1909)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Colobanthus brevisepalus Kirk; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 357 (1894 publ. 1895), et J. Bot. 33: 175 (1895)
Distribution: New Zealand
51 NZL
species :
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 358 (1894 publ. 1895) et J. Bot. 33: 175 (1895)
Distribution: New Zealand
51 NZL
species :
Colobanthus caespitosus Colenso; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 384 (1894 publ. 1895)
Distribution: New Zealand
51 NZL
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 357 (1894 publ. 1895), et J. Bot. 33: 174 (1895)
Distribution: New Zealand
51 NZL
species :
Colobanthus curtisiae J.G.West; Aspects Tasmanian Bot. 75 (1991)
Distribution: Australia (Tasmania)
50 AUS
species :
Colobanthus hookeri Cheeseman; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 53: 425 (1921)
Distribution: Auckland Isl.; Campbell Isl.
51 AUC 91 CMP
species :
Colobanthus kerguelensis Hook.f.; Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) 249 (1845)
Distribution: Heard Isl.; Macdonald Isl.; Marion Isl.; Prince Edward Isl.; Îles Crozet; Îles Kerguélen
91 HMD MPE
species :
Colobanthus lycopodioides Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 6: 116 (1853 publ. 1855)
Distribution: Argentina (Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz, San Juan, Tierra del Fuego); Chile (Metropolitana de Santiago, Magallanes)
85 ARG CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Colobanthus lechleri Phil.; Linnaea 28: 689 (1856)
= Colobanthus patagonicus Hieron. ex De Wild.
= Colobanthus polycnemoides Hieron.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 3: 334 (1879)
= Drudea lycopodioides (Griseb.) Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 26 (1879)
species :
Colobanthus masonae L.B.Moore; Fl. New Zealand 1: 211, 967 (1961)
Distribution: New Zealand
51 NZL
species :
Colobanthus monticola Petrie; Trans. New Zealand Inst. 44: 179 (1911 publ. 1912)
Distribution: New Zealand
51 NZL
species :
Colobanthus muelleri Kirk.; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 356 (1895), et J. Bot. 33: 174 (1895)
Distribution: New Zealand (North Isl., Stewart Isl.); Chatham Isl.
51 CTM NZL
Synonyms: hidden
= Colobanthus billardieri var. brachypoda F.Muell.; Veg. Chatham Isl. 11 (1864)
species :
Colobanthus muscoides Hook.f.; Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) 1: 14 (1844)
Distribution: New Zealand; Chatham Isl.; Auckland Isl.; Antipodes Isl.; Macquarie Isl.; Campbell Isl.
51 ATP AUC CTM NZL 91 CMP MAQ
species :
Colobanthus nivicola M.Gray; Contr. Herb. Austral. 26: 8 (1976)
Distribution: Australia (New South Wales)
50 AUS
species :
Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl.; Reliq. Haenk. 2: 13. t. 49, f. 2 (1831)
Name: Antarctic Pearlwort (EN)
Distribution: Colombia (Caldas, Cundinamarca, Quindío, Risaralda); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí); Argentina (Catamarca, Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquén, Santa Cruz, San Juan, Tierra del Fuego); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, Maule, Ñuble, BIo, Araucanía, Los Lagos, Aisén, Magallanes); Falkland Isl.; South Georgia Isl.; South Orkney Isl.; South Shetland Isl.; Antarctic peninsula
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 85 ARG CLE 90 ANT 91 FAL SGE SOI SSI
Synonyms: hidden
= Colobanthus alatus Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 28 (1893)
= Colobanthus aretioides Gillies ex Hook.; Bot. Misc. 3: 336 (1838)
= Colobanthus billardieri Fenzl; Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 49 (1836)
= Colobanthus cherlerioides Hook.f.; Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.). 2: 249 (1845)
= Colobanthus crassifolius (d´Urv.) Hook.f.; Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) 248 (1845)
= Colobanthus crassifolius var. aretioides (Gillies ex Hook.) Macloskie; Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8: 392 (1905)
= Colobanthus maclovianus Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 59: 708 (1913)
= Colobanthus meigeni Phil. ex F.Meigen; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 459 (1894), nomen
= Colobanthus quitensis var. alatus (Pax) Hosseus
= Colobanthus saginoides Bartl.; Reliq. Haenk. 2: 13 (1831)
= Sagina crassifolia d´Urv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 617 (1826)
= Sagina graminifolia Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 1: 292 (1864)
= Sagina haenkeana Gay; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 1: 284 (1846), nom. superfl.
= Sagina magellanica Willd. ex F.Phil.; Cat. Pl. Vasc. Chil. 25 (1881)
= Sagina quitensis Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 19 (1823)
species :
Colobanthus repens Colenso; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 19: 261 (1886 publ. 1887)
Distribution: New Zealand
51 NZL
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Colobanthus squarrosus Cheeseman; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 28: 534 (1896)
subspecies :
subsp. squarrosus
Distribution: New Zealand
51 NZL
subspecies :
subsp. drucei Sneddon; New Zealand J. Bot. 37(2): 200 (1999)
Distribution: New Zealand (South Isl.)
51 NZL
species :
Colobanthus strictus (Cheeseman) Cheeseman; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 53: 424 (1921)
Distribution: New Zealand
51 NZL
Synonyms: hidden
= Colobanthus muelleri var. strictus Cheeseman; Man. New Zealand Fl. 68 (1906)
species :
Colobanthus subulatus (d´Urv.) Hook.f.; Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) 1: 13 (1844)
Name: Sessile Pearlwort
Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania); Argentina (Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz, San Juan, Tierra del Fuego); Chile (Metropolitana de Santiago, Aisén, Magallanes); Falkland Isl.; South Georgia Isl.
50 AUS 85 ARG CLE 91 FAL SGE
Synonyms: hidden
= Colobanthus benthamianus Fenzl; Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 49 (1836)
= Colobanthus pulvinatus F.Muell.; Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 101 (1855)
= Colobanthus subulatus var. darwinii Hook.f.; Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.). 2: 247 (1845)
= Sagina subulata d´Urv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 617 (1826)
species :
Colobanthus wallii Petrie; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 54: 569 (1923)
Distribution: New Zealand
51 NZL
Synonyms: hidden
= Colobanthus mollis W.R.B.Oliv.; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 56: 5 (1926)
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