Spergularia is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
in the family
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 ...
, containing salt-tolerant plants known as sandspurrys and sea-spurreys. There are about 60 species.
Selected species
* ''
Spergularia azorica'' – endemic to the archipelago of the
Azores
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[Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar (2008), ''Plantas Endémicas dos Açores: Guia da Ilha do Faial'', p.11; Flowering between May and September, the ''azorica'' is a small plant, sometimes woody at its base, and found in only strongly exposed coastal cliffs.]
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Spergularia atrosperma
''Spergularia atrosperma'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name blackseed sandspurry. It is native to California and Nevada, where it grows in muddy and sandy habitat, often in moist alkaline subs ...
'' – blackseed sandspurry
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Spergularia bocconei''
(Scheele) Graebn. –
Boccone's sand-spurrey
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Spergularia canadensis
''Spergularia canadensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, known by the common name Canadian sandspurry. It is native to North America, where it is known from mainly coastal habitat. It is found along the coastline ...
'' – Canadian sandspurry
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Spergularia catalaunica''
Monnier
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Spergularia diandra
''Spergularia diandra'', the alkali sandspurry, is a species of annual herb in the family Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledo ...
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(Guss.) Boiss.
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Spergularia echinosperma''
(Celak.) Asch. & Graebn.
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Spergularia heldreichii''
Foucaud
*''
Spergularia macrorrhiza''
(Loisel.) Heynh.
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Spergularia macrotheca'' – sticky sandspurry
*''
Spergularia marina''
(L.) Besser – lesser sea-spurrey
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Spergularia media''
(L.) C.Presl – greater sea-spurrey
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Spergularia nicaeensis''
Sarato ex Burnat
*''
Spergularia platensis''
*''
Spergularia rubra''
(L.) J.Presl & C.Presl – red sand-spurrey
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Spergularia rupicola''
Lebel ex Le Jol.
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Spergularia salina''
J.Presl & C.Presl
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Spergularia segetalis''
(L.) G.Don
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Spergularia tasmanica''
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Spergularia tangerina''
P.Monnier
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Spergularia villosa
''Spergularia villosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name hairy sandspurry. It is native to southern South America, and it is known in the southwestern United States and Baja California as an i ...
'' – hairy sandspurry
See also
*Similar genera that have been taxonomically intertwined with ''Spergularia'':
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Arenaria''
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Spergula''
References
Caryophyllaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl
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