Cerastium Linnaeus 1753 (chickweed)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Caryophyllaceae according to M. S. Chauhan 1991

Sister taxa: Caryophyllaceaepites, Caryophylloflora, Centrospermocarpon, Cucubalus, Dianthus, Gypsophila, Krauseola, Minuartia, Pseudostellaria, Spergula, Stellaria, Viscaria, Alsinites

Subtaxa: Cerastium alpinum Cerastium aquaticum Cerastium arvense Cerastium dichotomum Cerastium latifolium Cerastium maximum Cerastium pentandrum Cerastium perfoliatum Cerastium repens Cerastium semidecandrum Cerastium strictum Cerastium suffruticosum Cerastium tomentosum Cerastium viscosum

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Type: Cerastium arvense

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection), India (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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