Polycarpaea

Polycarpaea
Polycarpaea filifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Polycarpaea Lam., 1792

Polycarpaea corymbosa

Polycarpaea is a genus of plant in family Caryophyllaceae. The genus was named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1792. The etylomolgy is of Greek name (Πολυκαρπαία Polykarpaia) meaning "many fruits" due to its plant that contains a fruit like seed and smells like fruits but does not contain any.

Selected species

It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

• Polycarpaea akkensis, Maire.
• Polycarpaea aristata, Chr.Sm.
• Polycarpaea balfourii, Briq.
• Polycarpaea caespitosa, Balf.f.
• Polycarpaea carnosa, Chr.Sm.
• Polycarpaea clavifolia, M.Gilbert.
• Polycarpaea corymbosa, (L.) Lam.
• Polycarpaea divaricata, Aiton.
• Polycarpaea filifolia, Webb ex Christ.
• Polycarpaea gaudichaudii, Gagnepain.
• Polycarpaea gayi, Webb.
• Polycarpaea guardafuiensis, M.Gilbert.
• Polycarpaea hassalensis, D.F.Chamb.
• Polycarpaea hayoides, D.F.Chamb.
• Polycarpaea kuriensis, Wagner
• Polycarpaea latifolia, Poiret.
• Polycarpaea nivea, Aiton.
• Polycarpaea paulayana, Wagner
• Polycarpaea pulvinata, M.Gilbert.
• Polycarpaea repens, (Forsskal) Ascherson & Schweinf.
• Polycarpaea robbairea, (Kunze) Greuter & Burdet.
• Polycarpaea smithii, Link.
• Polycarpaea somalensis, Engl.
• Polycarpaea spicata, Wight ex Arn.
• Polycarpaea tenuis, Webb ex Christ.
• Polycarpaea ventiversa, M.Gilbert.

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