Caryophyllaceae

Dichodon (Bartl. ex Rchb.) Rchb.

First published in Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 205 (1841)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia, E. Canada to Greenland.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chita, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nunavut, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Extinct in:

Newfoundland

Introduced into:

Algeria, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [Cited as Cerastium.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0