Spergularia
Synonymy
Spergularia, Fl. Cech.: 94. 1819, nom. cons., sec. Bittrich (1993c)
- ≡Arenaria subg. Spergularia in Syn. Pl. 1: 504. 1805 syn. sec. Hartman & Rabeler (2005)
- Type: Spergularia rubra
- =Delia, Fl. Belg. 1: 110. 1827 syn. sec. Hartman & Rabeler (2005)
- Type: Delia segetalis
- =Sanctambrosia in Ark. Bot., ser. 2, 4: 418. 1962 syn. sec. Bittrich (1993c)
- Type: Sanctambrosia manicata
Content
Notes
Monotypic; San Ambrosio Island (Desventurados archipelago), Chile. Kool (2012) reported it nested within a Spergularia clade.
About 60 species (Hartman & Rabeler 2005), especially diverse in the Mediterranean and temperate South America. The genus is monophyletic (Kool 2012), but infrageneric relationships are not defined.