Drymaria cordata
Appearance
Drymaria cordata | |
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In Nepal, uprooted | |
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Flower | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Genus: | Drymaria |
Species: | D. cordata
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Binomial name | |
Drymaria cordata | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Drymaria cordata, the tropical chickweed, West Indian chickweed, or golondrina, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae.[2] It is native to moist habitats in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa, and has been introduced to many places in the tropics and subtropics, including the southeast US, the Caribbean, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Japan, and a number of islands.[1] It is known as one of the most aggressive weeds of the tropical and subtropical parts of the world.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Drymaria cordata West Indian chickweed". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
Name status; Unresolved
- ^ "Datasheet Drymaria cordata (tropical chickweed)". Invasive Species Compendium. CAB International. 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
Categories:
- Caryophyllaceae
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of western South America
- Flora of the Galápagos Islands
- Flora of Brazil
- Flora of northern Chile
- Flora of Northeast Argentina
- Flora of Northwest Argentina
- Flora of Paraguay
- Flora of Uruguay
- Flora of Guinea
- Flora of Sierra Leone
- Flora of Liberia
- Flora of Ivory Coast
- Flora of Nigeria
- Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
- Flora of Sudan
- Flora of Ethiopia
- Flora of East Tropical Africa
- Flora of Zambia
- Flora of Zimbabwe
- Flora of Malawi
- Flora of Mozambique
- Flora of the Cape Provinces
- Flora of the Northern Provinces
- Flora of KwaZulu-Natal
- Plants described in 1819
- Caryophyllaceae stubs