''Polycarpon polycarpoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the manyseed genus ''

Polycarpon ''Polycarpon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. They are known generally as manyseeds. There are roughly 9 to 15 species, representing most continents. The best-known species is perhaps ''Polycarpon tetraphyllum'', wh ...

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Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactacea ...

, native to the western Mediterranean; Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, the Balearic Islands, France, Italy, and Sicily. It is a member of the ''

Polycarpon tetraphyllum ''Polycarpon tetraphyllum'', commonly known as four-leaved allseed (also fourleaf allseed or fourleaf manyseed), is a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae. An annual herb growing to 15 cm in height, it is found on sandy soils, in coastal area ...

species aggregate In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are accepted: *''Polycarpon polycarpoides'' subsp. ''catalaunicum'' O.Bolòs & Vigo – Spain, Algeria, Tunisia *''Polycarpon polycarpoides'' subsp. ''colomense'' (Porta) Pedrol – Balearic Islands *''Polycarpon polycarpoides'' subsp. ''polycarpoides''

References

Caryophyllaceae Flora of Algeria Flora of the Balearic Islands Flora of France Flora of Italy Flora of Morocco Flora of Sicily Flora of Spain Flora of Tunisia Plants described in 1908 {{Caryophyllaceae-stub