Sperguleae

Spergula morisonii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sperguleae
Genera: Rhodalsine – Sanctambrosia – Spergula – Spergularia

Name

Sperguleae Dumort., Anal. Fam. Pl.: 49. (1829)

• Type genus: Spergula L. Sp. Pl. 1: 440. (1753)
  

Note: Kool (2012) confirmed that Spergula and Spergularia, as circumscribed on their taxon pages, are separate monophyletic genera and Kool & Thulin (2017) have confirmed that Sanctambrosia and Spergularia are in synonymy.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Spergulinae Dumort., Fl. Belg. 109. (1827)
  • Sperguloideae Darby, Man. Bot. vii. (1841)
  • Spergularieae Hartm., Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 5: 137. (1849)

References

Primary references

• Dumortier, B.-C. 1829. Analyse des Familles de Plantes: avec l'indication des principaux genres qui s'y rattachent. 104 pp., Tournay, J. Casterman. BHL Reference page. : 49.

Additional references

• Dillenberger, M.S. & Kadereit, J.W. 2014. Maximum polyphyly: Multiple origins and delimitation with plesiomorphic characters require a new circumscription of Minuartia (Caryophyllaceae). Taxon 63(1): 64–88, S1–S21. DOI: 10.12705/631.5 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Greenberg, A.K. & Donoghue, M.J. 2011. Molecular systematics and character evolution in Caryophyllaceae. Taxon 60(6): 1637–1652. DOI: 10.1002/tax.606009 JSTOR PDF Reference page. .
• Harbaugh, D.T., Nepokroeff, M., Rabeler, R.K., McNeill, J., Zimmer, E.A. & Wagner, W.L. 2010. A new lineage based tribal classification of the family Caryophyllaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences 171(2): 185–198. DOI: 10.1086/648993 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Reference page. 
• Kool, A. 2012. Desert plants and deserted islands: systematics and ethnobotany in Caryophyllaceae. Doctoral dissertation Full text available, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Reference page. 
• Kool, A. & Thulin, M. 2017. A giant spurrey on a tiny island: On the phylogenetic position of Sanctambrosia manicata (Caryophyllaceae) and the generic circumscriptions of Spergula, Spergularia and Rhodalsine. Taxon 66(3): 615-622. DOI: 10.12705/663.6 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Sperguleae 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. 

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