Updates

This page summarizes major taxonomic changes since the publication of the Caryophyllales generic checklist in 2015, including merged and reinstated genera, newly described or circumscribed genera as well as revised and updated earlier treatments published here.

 

Aizoaceae

Polymita N.E.Br. included in Schlechteranthus Schwantes (Klak & Bruyns 2016).

Galenia L. and Plinthus Fenzl embedded within Aizoon L. (Klak & al. 2017).

Aizoanthemopsis Klak added as a new genus (Klak & al. 2017).

Anisostigma Schinz resurrected for Tetragonia schenckii Schinz (Klak & al. 2017).

Drosanthemopsis Rauschert is reinstated (Klak & al. 2018).

 

Amaranthaceae

Kelita A.R.Bean added as new genus (Bean 2010).

Wadithamnus T.Hammer & R.W.Davis – added as new genus (Hammer & al. 2017).

Lecosia Pedersen and Omegandra G.J.Leach & C.C.Towns. added to the database since these two genera were accidentally omitted in Hernández-Ledesma & al. (2015).

 

Cactaceae

Treatment of Melocactus updated based on Majure et al. (2022)

Updates for the Melocactus harlowii group in Cuba based on Burrios et al. (2022)

Updates for the Pilosocereus leucocephalus group s.s. based on Franco-Estrada et al. (2022).

Treatment for Coryphantha updated based on Sánchez et al. (2022), raises the number of accepted species to 1855.

Escobaria included into Pelecyphora based on Sánchez et al. (2022).

Backebergia accepted as monotypic (M. militaris) based on Franco-Estrada et al. (2021).

Pretocereus segregated from Pachycereus and accepted as monotypic (P. gaumeri) based on Franco-Estrada et al. (2021)

Treatments for Peniocereus and Pachycereus updated based on Franco-Estrada et al. (2021).

 

Caryophyllaceae

Adenonema Bunge - genus resurrected, 2 spp. (Sharples & Tripp 2019)

Allochrusa Bunge ex Boiss – included in Acanthophyllum (Pirani & al. 2020)

Ankyropetalum – included in Gypsophila (Madhani & al. 2018).

Augustea Iamonico – new genus, 4 spp., segregated from Polycarpon (Iamonico 2015).

Balkana Madhani & Zarre – new genus, 1 sp., segregated from Gypsophila (Madhani & al. 2018).

Diaphanoptera Rech.f. - included in Acanthophyllum (Pirani & al. 2020).

Engellaria Iamonico – new genus, 1 sp., segregated from Stellaria (Iamonico 2021).

Graecobolanthus Madhani & Rabeler – included back into Bolanthus, from which it had been segregated (Zografidis & al. 2020).

Hartmaniella M.L.Zhang & Rabeler – new genus, 2 spp., segregated from Pseudostellaria (Zhang & al. 2017).

Heterochroa Bunge – genus resurrected, 6 spp. (Madhani & al. 2018).

Himgiria Pusalkar & D.K.Singh – new genus, 1 sp. (Pusalkar & Singh 2015).

Lychnis – included in Silene (Jafari & al. 2020).

Mesostemma - genus resurrected, 12 spp. (Sharples & Tripp 2019).

Myosoton – included in Stellaria (Sharples & Tripp 2019).

Nubelaria – new genus, 2 spp., segregated from Stellaria (Sharples & Tripp 2019).

Petroana Madhani & Zarre – new genus, 2 spp., segregated from Gypsophila (Madhani & al. 2018).

Phrynella – included in Bolanthus (Madhani & al. 2018; Zografidis & al. 2020).

Pleioneura – included in Saponaria (Madhani & al. 2018).

Plettkea Mattf. – part included in Pycnophyllopsis (Timaná 2017), part in Stellaria (Sharples & Tripp 2019).

Pseudocerastium – included in Cerastium (Yao & al. 2021).

Rabelera – new genus, 1 sp., segregated from Stellaria (Sharples & Tripp 2019).

Sanctambrosia – included in Spergularia (Kool & Thulin 2017).

Schizotechium Rchb. – genus resurrected, 5 spp. (Pusalkar & Srivastava 2016).

Shivparvatia Pusalkar & D.K.Singh – replaces Solitaria (Pusalkar & Singh 2015, Rabeler 2017).

Vaccaria – included in Gypsophila (Madhani & al. 2018).

Velezia – included in Dianthus (Madhani & al. 2018).

Yazdana A.Pirani & Noroozi – new genus, 1 sp. (Noroozi et al. 2020).

 

Chenopodiaceae

Oreosalsola Akhani – new genus, 9 spp., segregated from Salsola (Akhani & al. 2016).

Mangleticornia P.W.Ball, G.Kadereit & Cornejo - new, monotypic genus from Ecuador, sister to Salicornia (Ball & al. 2017).

 

Corbichoniaceae

Segregation of the monotypic family Corbichoniaceae Thulin from Lophiocarpaceae (Thulin & al. 2016).

Corbichonia Scop. transferred from Lophiocarpaceae to Corbichoniaceae (Thulin & al. 2016).

 

Molluginaceae

Family treatment updated according to Thulin & al. (2016), two new genera added: Paramollugo Thulin and Trigastrotheca F.Muell.

 

Polygonaceae

Persepolium O.V.Yurtseva & E.V.Mavrodiev new genus, 5 spp. endemic to SW and Central Iran, segregated from Polygonum (Yurtseva et al. 2017).