Stellaria apetala

Taxonavigation edit

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Alsineae
Genus: Stellaria
Species: Stellaria apetala

Name edit

Stellaria apetala Ucria, Pl. Linn. Op. Arch. I(1): 68 (1796).

Synonyms edit

Homotypic
- Stellaria media var. apetala (Ucria) Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 3: 180 (1828).
- Stellaria media subsp. apetala Čelak., Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 870 (1881), nom. illeg.
- Stellularia media var. apetala (Ucria) Döll ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 53 (1891).
- Stellaria media f. apetala (Ucria) Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 3: 230 (1896).
- Stellaria media proles apetala (Ucria) Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 3: 230 (1896).
- Alsinula media subsp. apetala (Ucria) Dostál, Folia Mus. Rer. Nat. Bohem. Occid., Bot., 21: 4 (1984).
Heterotypic
- Alsine pallida Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 109 (1827).
  - Stellaria pallida (Dumort.) Crép., Man. Fl. Belgique, ed. 2: 19 (1866).
  - Stellaria pallida (Dumort.) Piré, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 2: 49 (1863), nom. inval.
  - Stellaria media subsp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn., Fl. Nordostdeut. Flachl.: 310 (1898).
  - Stellaria media var. pallida (Dumort.) P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 301 (1936).
  - Alsinula pallida (Ucria) Dostál, Folia Mus. Rer. Nat. Bohem. Occid., Bot., 21: 4 (1984).
- Stellaria abortiva Gay, Fl. Chil. 1: 265 (1846).
  - Stellularia abortiva (Gay) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 55 (1891).
- Stellaria boraeana Jord., Mém. Acad. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 1: 33 (1852).
  - Stellaria media var. boraeana (Jord.) Petit, Bot. Tidsskr. 14: 245 (1885).
  - Stellaria media subsp. boraeana (Jord.) Sudre, Fl. Toulous.: 43 (1907).
- Alsine glabella Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 20 (1868).
  - Stellaria media var. glabella Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 3: 230 (1896).
  - Stellaria media var. glabella (Jord. & Fourr.) Briq., Prodr. Fl. Corse: 499 (1910).
- Stellaria media subsp. alsinoides Gremli, Excursionsfl. Schweiz, ed. 2: 123 (1874).
- Stellaria media subsp. humilis Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 100 (1882).
- Stellaria media var. minor Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 3: 230 (1896).
- Stellaria homotricha Bég., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17: 385 (1910).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, North European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Zambia.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
- Regional: China
  - China Southeast, Xinjiang.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Pakistan.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Tasmania.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Ontario.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Washington.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Chile Central.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Ucria, B. da 1796. Archiv für die Botanik I(1): 68.

Links edit

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Stellaria apetala in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Dec 6. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Stellaria apetala. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Dec 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Stellaria apetala. Published online. Accessed: 6 Dec 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Stellaria apetala. Accessed: 6 Dec 2022.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Stellaria apetala in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Dec 6.

Vernacular names edit

English: Lesser Chickweed

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