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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: 3335; 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)
384.1306 Genus Mesostemma Vved.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Uzbekistansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 3: 4 (1941)
Distribution: Asia Minor and C-Asia to Siberia and N-India
Species listed in database: 11
species :
Mesostemma alexeenkoanum (Schischk.) Ikonn.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 13: 114 (1976)
Distribution: Tajikistan; China (W-Xinjiang)
32 TZK 36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Stellaria alexeenkoana Schischk.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 6: 422,.882 (1936)
species :
Mesostemma amblyosepalum (Schrenk) Chepinoga; Botanica Pacifica 12(2): 122 (2023)
Distribution: Siberia (Altai); Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan; China (Gansu, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang); Mongolia
30 SIB 32 KAZ 36 CHI 37 MON
Synonyms: hidden
= Stellaria amblyosepala Schrenk; Enum. Pl. Nov. [Fischer & Meyer] 2: 54 (1842)
= Stellaria dichotoma var. rigida Bunge; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2(6): 34 (1835 publ. 1836)
= Stellaria potaninii Krylov; Izv. Imp. Tomsk. Univ. 4: 64 (1891)
species :
Mesostemma dichotomum (L.) Arabi, Rabeler & Zarre; Taxon 71(3): 624 (2022)
Distribution: Siberia (Altai, Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva); Russian Far East (Amur); Kazakhstan; China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Xinjiang); Mongolia
30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ 36 CHI 37 MON
Synonyms: hidden
= Cerastium dichotomum (L.) Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 401 (1766)
= Stellaria alsinifolia Less. ex Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 1: 380 (1842)
= Stellaria dichotoma f. glabra Peschkova; Stepnaya Fl. Baykal´skoy Sibiri 55 (1972), without type
= Stellaria dichotoma L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 421 (1753)
= Stellaria dichotoma lusus glabra Regel; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 35(1): 273 (1862)
= Stellaria dichotoma lusus glandulosa Regel; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 35(1): 271 (1862)
= Stellaria dichotoma lusus pubescens Regel; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 35(1): 272 (1862)
= Stellaria dichotoma var. cordifolia Bunge; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2(6): 34 (1836)
= Stellaria filipes Kom.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 235 (1914)
= Stellaria pallasiana Ser.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 399 (1824)
= Stellaria schlechtendaliana Ser.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 399 (1824)
= Stellaria tschachanensis Less. ex Fenzl; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 1(2): 380 (1842)
= Stellaria villosa Willd. ex D.F.K.Schltdl.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 7: 194 (1816), nom. illeg.
variant :
var. lanceolatum (Bunge) Arabi, Rabeler & Zarre; Taxon 71(3): 624 (2022)
Distribution: China (Gansu, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi); Mongolia
36 CHI 37 MON
Synonyms: hidden
= Arenaria stephaniana (Willd. ex D.F.K.Schltdl.) Shinners; Sida 1: 50 (1962)
= Stellaria dichotoma f. lanceolata (Bunge) Kitag.; J. Jap. Bot. 40: 183 (1965)
= Stellaria dichotoma lusus angustifolia Regel; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 35(1): 273 (1862)
= Stellaria dichotoma var. heterophylla Fenzl; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 1: 379 (1842)
= Stellaria dichotoma var. lanceolata Bunge; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2(6): 34 (1836)
= Stellaria dichotoma var. linearis Fenzl; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 1: 38 (1842)
= Stellaria dichotoma var. stephaniana (Willd. ex D.F.K.Schltdl.) Regel; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 35(1): 237 (1862)
= Stellaria gypsophiloides var. lanceolata (Bunge) Kozhevn.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 20: 106 (1983), et Rast. Tsentral. Azii 11: 31 (1994 publ. 1995)
= Stellaria lanceolata (Bunge) Y.S.Lian; Fl. Gansu 2: 391 (2005), nom. illeg.
= Stellaria stephaniana Willd. ex D.F.K.Schltdl.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 7: 194 (1816)
species :
Mesostemma gypsophiloides (Fenzl) M.T.Sharples & E.A.Tripp; Syst. Bot. 44(4): 870 (2019)
Distribution: Russian Far East [I] (Primorye [I]); Turkey (S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq); Iran (S-Iran, W-Iran); Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon); Syria (C-Syrian Desert); Israel (Rift Valley, Negev Desert, N-Israel); Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); Kuwait; China (Nei Mongol); Mongolia
31 rfe 34 IRN IRQ ISR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 KUW 36 CHI 37 MON
Synonyms: hidden
= Ankyropetalum gypsophiloides Fenzl; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 393 (1843)
= Ankyropetalum gypsophiloides var. glandulosum Bornm.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 28(2): 136 (1911)
= Ankyropetalum gypsophiloides var. viscosum Barkoudah; Wentia 9: 174 (1962)
= Gypsophila gypsophiloides (Fenzl) Blakelock; Kew Bull. [12]: 193 (1957)
= Gypsophila subaphylla Rech.f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 75: 355 (1951)
= Stellaria gypsophiloides Fenzl; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 1: 380 (1842)
species :
Mesostemma karatavicum (Schischk.) Vved.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Uzbekistansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 3: 4 (1941)
Distribution: Kazakhstan (Karatau); Uzbekistan; Tajikistan
32 KAZ TZK UZB
Synonyms: hidden
= Arenaria karatavica Lipsch. ex Schischk.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 6: 398 (1936)
= Stellaria karatavica Schischk.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 6: 398, 880 (1936)
= Stellaria serawschanica Popov ex Schischk.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 6: 398 (1936)
species :
Mesostemma kotschyanum (Fenzl ex Boiss.) Vved.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Uzbekistansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 3: 4 (1941)
subspecies :
subsp. kotschyanum
Distribution: Turkmenistan; Tajikistan; Turkey (E-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Bamyan, Ghazni, Ghorat, Herat, Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Logar, Wardak, Paktia / Khost, Parwan); Pakistan (Baluchistan, Quetta, Kurram, Chitral)
32 TKM TZK 34 AFG IRN IRQ TUR 40 PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Stellaria kotschyana Fenzl; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 705 (1867)
= Lepyrodiclis alinihatii Menemen, Yalçinkaya & Erden; Nordic J. Bot. 39(3)-e03037: 2 (2021)
= Lepyrodiclis paniculata Stapf; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 51: 19 (1886)
= Mesostemma kotschyanum subsp. afghanicum Rech.f.; Pl. Syst. Evol. 137: 137 (1981)
= Stellaria kotschyana Fenzl ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 705 (1867)
= Stellaria kotschyana subsp. glabra (Bornem.) Ghaz.; Fl. Pakistan 175: 30 (1886)
= Stellaria kotschyana var. glabra Bornem.; Fl. Elzburg. 58 (1905)
= Stellaria kotschyana var. intermedia Schischk.; Trudy Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuibysheva 81: 442 (1929)
subspecies :
subsp. acrotonum Rech.f.; Pl. Syst. Evol. 137(1-2): 138 (1981)
Distribution: Afghanistan (Bamyan, Farah, Ghazni, Ghorat, Herat, Kabul, Wardak, Parwan)
34 AFG
subspecies :
subsp. macrocladum Rech.f.; Pl. Syst. Evol. 137(1-2): 138 (1981)
Distribution: Afghanistan (Bamyan, Logar, Paktia / Khost, Parwan)
34 AFG
subspecies :
subsp. pycnanthum Rech.f.; Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 163: 84 (1988)
Distribution: Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan)
34 AFG
species :
Mesostemma latifolia (Benth. ex G.Don) Ikonn.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 13: 114 (1976)
Distribution: Nepal; India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand)
40 IND NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Leucostemma latifolium Benth. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 1: 449 (1831)
= Stellaria himalayensis Majumdar; J. Indian Bot. Soc. 44: 141 (1965)
= Stellaria latifolia (Benth. ex G.Don) Edgew. & Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 1: 231 (1874), nom. illeg.
species :
Mesostemma martjanovii (Krylov) Ikonn.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 13: 114 (1976)
Distribution: Siberia (Altai); China (Xinjiang); Mongolia
30 SIB 36 CHI 37 MON
Synonyms: hidden
= Stellaria martjanovii Krylov; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 21: 3 (1902)
species :
Mesostemma perfoliatum (Rech.f.) Rech.f.; Pl. Syst. Evol. 137(1-2): 136 (1981)
Distribution: Afghanistan (Bamyan, Orozgan / Daykundi)
34 AFG
Synonyms: hidden
= Stellaria perfoliata Rech.f.; Anz. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 105: 9 (1969)
species :
Mesostemma platyphyllum (Rech.f.) Rech.f.; Pl. Syst. Evol. 137(1-2): 136 (1981)
Distribution: Afghanistan (Ghazni, Kabul, Orozgan / Daykundi)
34 AFG
Synonyms: hidden
= Stellaria platyphylla Rech.f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 75: 345 (1951)
species :
Mesostemma schugnanicum (Schischk.) Ikonn.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 13: 115 (1976)
Distribution: Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; China (Xinjiang)
32 KGZ TZK 36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Stellaria divnogorskajae Kozhevn.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 20: 103 (1983)
= Stellaria divnogorskajae var. pilosa Kozhevn.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 20: 104 (1983)
= Stellaria schugnanica Schischk.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 6: 422, 882 (1936)
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