Taxonavigation

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Polycarpeae
Genus: Polycarpon
Species (sensu Kool et al., 2007): P. tetraphyllum

Species (sensu Hassler et al., 2019): P. alsinifolium – P. apurense – P. moreiranum – P. succulentum – P. tetraphyllum – P. urbanianum

Name

Polycarpon Loefl. ex L. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 2: 881, 859, 1360. (1759)

• monotypic taxon
  

Note: However, some combinations are retained in this genus by some authorities until formal reclassifications have been completed - see Hassler (2017) for work outstanding.

References

• Loefling, P. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 881, 859, 1360.
• Hassler, M. 2017. Polycarpon. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 May 22.
• Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 PDF. Reference page. 
• Iamonico, D. 2015. A new combination and change in rank in Polycarpon (Caryophyllaceae), Endemic to California, USA, and Mexico. Novon 24(2): 159-164. DOI: 10.3417/2014018
• Iamonico, D. 2015. Augustea (Polycarpaeae, Caryophyllaceae), a new genus from South America. Phytotaxa 236(1): 71-78. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.236.1.6
• Iamonico, D. 2015. A new nomenclatural change in Polycarpon (Caryophyllaceae): P. tetraphyllum subsp. sauvagei comb. & stat. nov., an endemic taxon from Morocco. Phytotaxa 197(3): 225-226. {doi|10.11646/phytotaxa.197.3.7}}
• Iamonico, D. & Domina, G. 2015. Nomenclatural notes on the Polycarpon tetraphyllum aggregate (Caryophyllaceae). Plant Biosystems-An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology 149(4): 720-727. DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2015.1057260
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Polycarpon. Published online. Accessed May 22 2017.
• Kool, A., Bengtson, A. & Thulin, M. 2007. Polyphyly of Polycarpon (Caryophyllaceae) inferred from DNA sequence data. Taxon 56(3): 775-782. Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Polycarpon . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 May 30.

Vernacular names

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