Polycarpaea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Polycarpaea
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Polycarpaea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Polycarpaea
Polycarpaea is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains 79 species native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa and Madagascar, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Australia. The genus was named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1792.
Molecular phylogenetic analysis showed that the genus is polyphyletic and needs to be redefined. It falls into three distinct clades. One of these, a group of species related to P. corymbosa, has acquired the C4 photosynthetic pathway.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Polycarpaea aristata
- Polycarpaea balfourii
- Polycarpaea breviflora
- Polycarpaea caespitosa
- Polycarpaea carnosa
- Polycarpaea confusa
- Polycarpaea corymbosa
- Polycarpaea divaricata
- Polycarpaea eriantha
- Polycarpaea filifolia
- Polycarpaea garuensis
- Polycarpaea gayi
- Polycarpaea glabrifolia
- Polycarpaea hassalensis
- Polycarpaea hassleriana
- Polycarpaea hayoides
- Polycarpaea holtzei
- Polycarpaea kuriensis
- Polycarpaea latifolia
- Polycarpaea linearifolia
- Polycarpaea longiflora
- Polycarpaea multicaulis
- Polycarpaea nivea
- Polycarpaea paulayana
- Polycarpaea pobeguinii
- Polycarpaea repens
- Polycarpaea rheophytica
- Polycarpaea robusta
- Polycarpaea smithii
- Polycarpaea spicata
- Polycarpaea spirostylis
- Polycarpaea tenuis



































































































