Polycarpon polycarpoides

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Polycarpon}}

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|genus=Polycarpon

|species=polycarpoides

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  • Arenaria peploides Lapeyr.
  • Hagaea polycarpoides Biv.
  • Lahaya polycarpoides (Biv.) Schult.
  • Mollia polycarpoides (Biv.) Guss.
  • Mollia polycarpon Spreng.
  • Polycarpon bivonae J.Gay
  • Polycarpon colomense Porta
  • Polycarpon cupanii Bubani
  • Polycarpon latifolium Bertol.
  • Polycarpon peploides DC.
  • Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp. catalaunicum (O.Bolòs & Vigo) Iamonico & Domina
  • Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp. colomense (Porta) Iamonico & Domina
  • Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp. polycarpoides (Biv.) Iamonico

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Polycarpon polycarpoides is a species of flowering plant in the manyseed genus Polycarpon, family Caryophyllaceae, native to the western Mediterranean; Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, the Balearic Islands, France, Italy, and Sicily.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:990567-1 |title=Polycarpon polycarpoides (Biv.) Zodda |author= |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=7 April 2021 }} It is a member of the Polycarpon tetraphyllum species aggregate.{{cite journal |title=Nomenclatural notes on the Polycarpon tetraphyllum aggregate (Caryophyllaceae) |year=2015 |last1=Iamonico |first1=D. |last2=Domina |first2=G. |journal=Plant Biosystems |volume=149 |issue=4 |pages=720–727 |doi=10.1080/11263504.2015.1057260 |s2cid=83509107 }}

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are accepted:

  • Polycarpon polycarpoides subsp. catalaunicum O.Bolòs & Vigo – Spain, Algeria, Tunisia
  • Polycarpon polycarpoides subsp. colomense (Porta) Pedrol – Balearic Islands
  • Polycarpon polycarpoides subsp. polycarpoides

References