Checklist: Caryophyllaceae

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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ILLECEBRACEAE 
Literature:  
Wild, H. (1960-1) Caryophyllaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2)  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
2429.000 STELLARIA L. 
Stellaria mannii Hook. f.
*Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
Stellaria sennii Chiov.
  
2430.000 CERASTIUM L. 
Cerastium afromontanum T.C.E.Fr.
Cerastium indicum Wight & Arn.
Cerastium octandrum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  
2433.000 SAGINA L. 
Sagina abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  
2449.000 SPERGULA L. 
*Spergula arvensis L.
Alsine arvensis Crantz
Arenaria arvensis Wallr.
  
2452.000 DRYMARIA Willd. ex Schult. 
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
Holosteum cordatum L.
  
2453.000 POLYCARPON Loefl. ex L. 
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L.
  
2455.000 POLYCARPAEA Lam. 
Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam.
  
2467.000 POLLICHIA Aiton 
Pollichia campestris Aiton
  
2490.000 SILENE L. 
UEBELINIA Hochst. 
Silene abyssinica (Hochst.) H.Neumayer
Silene burchellii Otth
Silene gallica L.
Silene kiwuensis (T.C.E.Fr.) F.Jafari, Oxelman & Rabeler
subsp. kiwuensis

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The Rwanda flora team (2025). Flora of Rwanda: Checklist: Caryophyllaceae].
https://www.rwandaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-checklist.php?family_id=50, retrieved 14 December 2025

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