Spergula pentandra

Spergula pentandra

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sperguleae
Genus: Spergula
Species: Spergula pentandra

Name

Spergula pentandra L., 1753

Synonyms

• Alsine marginata Schreb.
• Alsine pentandra (L.) Crantz
• Arenaria media Poll. ex Steud.
• Arenaria pentandra (L.) Wallr.
• Spergularia pentandra (L.) G. Don
• Stellaria pentandra (L.) Scop.
• Stipularia pentandra (L.) Edgew.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Spain, Hungary, Italy, Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia & Kosovo, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, ?Russia, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, Turkey-in-Europe Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya Regional: Macaronesia Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Turkey (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, WN-Anatolia), Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Hierro, La Palma Isl.) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 440. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Spergula pentandra. 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 Sept. 27. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Spergula pentandra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Spergula pentandra. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 27 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Spergula pentandra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Sept. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Spergula pentandra in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: wingstem spurry
español: Esparcilla macho

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