Caryophyllaceae

Polycarpon Loefl.

First published in C.Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 881, 1360 (1759)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is California to NW. Mexico, E. Colombia to Venezuela, Paraguay to NE. Argentina, Europe to Sri Lanka, Macaronesia to N. & NE. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Colombia, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Venezuela, Yemen

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Ascension, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Costa Rica, Czechia-Slovakia, Desventurados Is., Easter Is., Ecuador, Florida, Free State, Georgia, Haiti, Hawaii, Illinois, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Oregon, Pennsylvania, Philippines, South Carolina, St.Helena, Tasmania, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 144.

Flora of Iraq

  • L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10: 881 (1759).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 881 (1759).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Kool, Bengtson & Thulin in Taxon 56: 775–782 (2007).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Syst., ed. 10, 881 (1759)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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