Gypsophiloides

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Gypsophiloides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Gypsophiloides
Mahdavi & Assadi
Species:
G. alsinoides
Binomial name
Gypsophiloides alsinoides
(Bunge) Mahdavi & Assadi
Synonyms [1]
  • Arenaria bungeiBarkoudah
  • Dichoglottis alsinoides(Bunge) Walp.
  • Gypsophila alsinoidesBunge (1847) (basionym)
  • Silene alsinoides(Bunge) E.H.L.Krause
  • Stellaria blatteriMattf.

Gypsophiloides is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It includes a single species, Gypsophiloides alsinoides, an annual native to Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and western Pakistan. [1]

The species was first described as Gypsophila alsinoides by Alexander von Bunge in 1847. In 2023 Mahdavi & Assadi placed it in the new monotypic genus Gypsophiloides. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gypsophiloides alsinoides (Bunge) Mahdavi & Assadi". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 26 July 2025.