Colobanthus

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Colobanthus is a large genus of small, cushion-like herbaceous plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, sometimes known as "pearlworts", a name they share with plants of the related genus Sagina.{{cite web|website= The Plant List|title= Colobanthus|url= http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Caryophyllaceae/Colobanthus/|accessdate= 2015-11-28}} C. quitensis is the world's southernmost dicot, and one of only two native extant flowering plants of Antarctica.

Selected species

Colobanthus acicularis Hook. f.
Colobanthus affinis (Hook) Hook. f.
Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce synonym = Spergula apetala
Colobanthus bolivianus Pax
Colobanthus brevisepalus Kirk
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
Colobanthus caespitosus Colenso
Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
Colobanthus curtisiae J.G. West
Colobanthus diffusus Hook. f.
Colobanthus hookeri Cheeseman
Colobanthus kerguelensis Hook. f.

Colobanthus lycopodoides Griseb.
Colobanthus masonae L.B. Moore
Colobanthus monticola Petrie
Colobanthus muelleri Kirk = C. billardieri var. brachypoda
Colobanthus muscoides Hook. f.
Colobanthus nivicola M. Gray

Colobanthus pulvinatus F. Muell.
Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl., = C. alatus, C. aretioides, C. billardieri, C. cherlerioides, C. crassifolius, C. crassifolius var. aretioides, C. maclovianus, C. meingeni, C. quitensis var. alatus, C. saginoides, Sagina crassifolia, S. quitensis, Spergula affinis?
Colobanthus repens Colenso
Colobanthus squarrosus Cheeseman
Colobanthus strictus (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Colobanthus subulatus (d'Urv.) Hook. f.
Colobanthus wallii Petrie

References

Category:Caryophyllaceae genera