Cerastium dichotomum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Cerastium dichotomum L., Sp. Pl.: 438 (1753).

Heterotypic
- Cerastium corniculatum Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 403 (1766).
  - Alsine corniculata (Crantz) E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 5: 68 (1901).
- Myosotis dichotoma Moench, Methodus: 225 (1794).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France (introduced), Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Kriti.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia).
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel, Jordan), Sinai, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Pakistan.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Oregon, Washington.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.

Hassler, M. 2019. Cerastium dichotomum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 31. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cerastium dichotomum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cerastium dichotomum. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 31 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cerastium dichotomum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Aug. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cerastium dichotomum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

English: Forked chickweed