Colobanthus

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.[1] C. quitensis is the world's southernmost dicot, and one of only two native extant flowering plants of Antarctica.

Colobanthus
Colobanthus quitensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Colobanthus
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Species

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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
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References

  1. "Colobanthus". The Plant List. Retrieved 2015-11-28.


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