Polycnemum

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Polycnemum
Polycnemum arvense Sturm.png
Polycnemum arvense botanical illustration
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Polycnemoideae
Tribe: Polycnemeae
Genus: Polycnemum
L. [1]
Species

See text

Synonyms [2]
  • RovilliaBubani
  • SelagoAdans.

Polycnemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae, native to central, eastern and southern Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, and Central Asia. Basal in its clade, it has been suggested that it be given its own family, Polycnemaceae. [3]

Species

Currently accepted species include: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Sp. Pl.: 35 (1753)
  2. 1 2 "Polycnemum L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Veselova, Tatiana D.; Dzhalilova, Khalima Kh.; Timonin, Alexander C. (1 December 2016). "Embryology of Polycnemum arvense L. (lower core Caryophyllales)". Wulfenia. 23: 221–240.
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