Caryophyllaceae

Paronychia Mill.

First published in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical America, Macaronesia, Medit. to Iran and NE. Tropical Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Baleares, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Georgia, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Palestine, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Portugal, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Sahara, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yemen

Introduced into:

Cape Provinces, Free State, Germany, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Tasmania

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 Iraq

  • Miller MillerGardn. Dict., Abridged ed. 4, 3 (1754).

Flora of Somalia

  • Chaudrhi, op. cit.: 64–297 (1968).
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 18, 1840 illegible [s.n.] K000267540 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] United States K000681810 Unknown Type Material Yes
Torrey, J. [s.n.] United States K000681817 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aedo, C.; Aizpuru, I.; Álvarez, I.; Calvo, J.; Castroviejo, S.; Ferjani, Á.; Güemes, J.; Herrero, A.; Medina, L.; Muñoz Garmendia, J.F.; Navarro, C.; Pedrol, J.; Prunell, A.; Quintanar, A.; Rico, E.; Rodríguez Gracia, V.; Sequeira, M.; Villegas, S. [CA161 K001569904 Yes
Nuttall [s.n.] United States K000681815 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nuttall [s.n.] United States K000681818 Unknown Type Material Yes
Elliott [s.n.] United States K000681816 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Schweinitz, L.D.] [s.n.] United States Anychia K000681889 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gray [s.n.] United States Anychia K000681893 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States Anychia K000681890 Unknown Type Material Yes
Torrey, J. [s.n.] United States Anychia K000681892 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Anychia K000681891 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • 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