Spergularia

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Spergularia
Spergularia macrotheca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Spergularia
(Pers.) J.Presl & C.Presl

Spergularia is a genus of the Caryophyllaceae family, containing plants known as sea-spurreys and sandspurrys. There are about 60 species.[1]

Selected species

  • Spergularia azorica - endemic to the archipelago of the Azores[2]
  • Spergularia atrosperma
  • Spergularia bocconi (Scheele) Graebn. - Boccone's sand-spurrey
  • Spergularia canadensis
  • Spergularia catalaunica Monnier
  • Spergularia diandra (Guss.) Boiss.
  • Spergularia echinosperma (Celak.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Spergularia heldreichii Foucaud
  • Spergularia macrorrhiza (Loisel.) Heynh.
  • Spergularia macrotheca
  • Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl - Greater Sea-spurrey
  • Spergularia nicaeensis Sarato ex Burnat
  • Spergularia platensis
  • Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl
  • Spergularia rupicola Lebel ex Le Jol.
  • Spergularia salina J.Presl & C.Presl
  • Spergularia segetalis (L.) G.Don
  • Spergularia tangerina P.Monnier
  • Spergularia villosa

References

  1. Flora of North America
  2. Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar (2008), Plantas Endémicas dos Açores: Guia da Ilha do Faial, p.11; Flowering between May and September, the azorica is a small plant, sometimes woody at its base, and found in only strongly exposed coastal cliffs.

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