Polycarpaea

Polycarpaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Polycarpaea; Lam., 1792

Polycarpaea is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. The genus was named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1792.

Molecular phylogenetic analysis showed that the genus is polyphyletic and needs to be redefined. It falls into three distinct clades. One of these, a group of species related to P. corymbosa, has acquired the C₄ photosynthetic pathway.^[1]

Selected species[]

It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

Maire.
Chr.Sm.
Polycarpaea balfourii Briq.
Polycarpaea caespitosa Balf.f.
Chr.Sm.
M.Gilbert.
(L.) Lam.
Aiton.
Webb ex Christ.
Gagnepain.
Webb.
M.Gilbert.
Polycarpaea hassalensis D.F.Chamb.
Polycarpaea hayoides D.F.Chamb.
Polycarpaea kuriensis Wagner
Poiret.
Polycarpaea nivea Aiton.
Polycarpaea paulayana Wagner
M.Gilbert.
(Forsskal) Ascherson & Schweinf.
(Kunze) Greuter & Burdet.
Link.
Engl.
Polycarpaea spicata Wight ex Arn.
Webb ex Christ.
M.Gilbert.

References[]

^ Kool, Annaleen (2012). Desert plants and deserted islands: systematics and ethnobotany in Caryophyllaceae (PhD thesis). Uppsala University. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-91-554-8471-2. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

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[Kool2012-1] Kool, Annaleen (2012). Desert plants and deserted islands: systematics and ethnobotany in Caryophyllaceae (PhD thesis). Uppsala University. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-91-554-8471-2. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

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