Mesostemma dichotomum

Mesostemma dichotomum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Alsineae
Genus: Mesostemma
Species: Mesostemma dichotomum
Varietates: M. d. var. dichotomum – M. d. var. lanceolatum

Name

Mesostemma dichotomum (L.) Arabi, Rabeler & Zarre, Taxon 71: 624 (2022)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Stellaria dichotoma L., Sp. Pl. 1: 421 (1753)

Homonyms

Of the basionym

• Stellaria dichotoma Georgi = Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
• Stellaria dichotoma Patrin ex Ledeb. = Stellaria nemorum L.
• Stellaria dichotoma Scop. = Pseudostellaria europaea Schaeftl.
• Stellaria dichotoma Weber = Stellaria crassifolia Ehrh.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Xinjiang), Mongolia, Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Russian Far East, Kazakhstan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 421. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Mesostemma 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 Sep 03. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Mesostemma dichotomum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Mesostemma dichotomum. Published online. Accessed: Sep 03 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Mesostemma dichotomum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Sep 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mesostemma dichotomum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: American chickweed

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