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Polycarpon
Sign in to savePolycarpon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. They are known generally as manyseeds. There are seven species distributed in temperate and tropical regions around the world, including western North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and West, South, and Southeast Asia. These plants are low, matted annuals spreading slender stems along the ground or erect with many branches. The best-known species is perhaps Polycarpon tetraphyllum, which is native to southern Europe but is present in many other regions as an introduced species.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Polycarpon is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to plant, Wikidata and Angiosperms.
It sits within the topics Caryophyllaceae, Caryophyllaceae genera and Taxonbars desynced from Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCaryophyllaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 178
- With media
- 154
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Collections
- DAV, CAS, USCH, RSA, OSU, MACF
- Recorded in
- United States, Spain, Algeria, Tunisia, Philippines, Egypt, Argentina, Madagascar
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Image
- Starr 080415-4001 Polycarpon tetraphyllum.jpg
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- Polycarpon
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- Category:Polycarpon
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- pohojenka
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- Polycarpon
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Encyclopedic overview
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Polycarpon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. They are known generally as manyseeds. There are seven species distributed in temperate and tropical regions around the world, including western North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and West, South, and Southeast Asia. These plants are low, matted annuals spreading slender stems along the ground or erect with many branches. The best-known species is perhaps Polycarpon tetraphyllum, which is native to southern Europe but is present in many other regions as an introduced species.
==Species== Seven species are accepted. Polycarpon alsinifolium Polycarpon depressum – California manyseed Polycarpon polycarpoides Polycarpon prostratum Polycarpon succulentum Polycarpon tetraphyllum – fourleaf manyseed Polycarpon urbanianum ==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polycarpon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.