Polycarpon

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Polycarpon

Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Order:  | Caryophyllales
Family:  | Caryophyllaceae
Genus:  | Polycarpon

Species

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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.[1] The best-known species is perhaps Polycarpon tetraphyllum, which is native to southern Europe but is present in many other regions as an introduced species. These plants are low, matted annuals spreading slender stems along the ground or erect with many branches.

## Selected species

* Polycarpon depressum \- California manyseed
* Polycarpon polycarpoides
* Polycarpon prostratum
* Polycarpon succulentum
* Polycarpon tetraphyllum \- fourleaf manyseed

## References

1. ↑ Flora of North America

## External links

* Jepson Manual Treatment
* USDA Plants Profile: North American Species

Wikidata ☰ Q15138968 entry

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