''Cherleria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranth ...
, found in the Arctic and mountain areas of the northern hemisphere.
Its center of diversity is the Balkans. The species shows ecological differentiation and multiple colonisations of alpine habitats. It was enlarged in 2017 with species from other genera.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
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Cherleria arctica''
(Steven ex Ser.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria baldaccii
''Cherleria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found in the Arctic and mountain areas of the northern hemisphere. Its center of diversity is the Balkans. The species shows ecological differentiation and multiple colon ...
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(Halácsy) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria biflora''
(L.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria capillacea''
(All.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria circassica''
(Albov) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria dirphya''
(Trigas & Iatroú) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria doerfleri''
(Hayek) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria eglandulosa''
(Fenzl) Fedor.
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Cherleria garckeana''
(Asch. & Sint. ex Boiss.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria handelii
''Cherleria handelii'', or Handei-Maceti's sandwort, is a perennial plant of the family Caryophyllaceae. It is a stenoendemic from the mountain Čvrsnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Description
''Cherleria handelii'' is a perennial plant subsided ...
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(Mattf.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria langii
''Cherleria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found in the Arctic and mountain areas of the northern hemisphere. Its center of diversity is the Balkans. The species shows ecological differentiation and multiple colon ...
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(G.Reuss) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria laricifolia
''Cherleria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found in the Arctic and mountain areas of the northern hemisphere. Its center of diversity is the Balkans. The species shows ecological differentiation and multiple colon ...
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(L.) Iamonico
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Cherleria marcescens
''Cherleria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found in the Arctic and mountain areas of the northern hemisphere. Its center of diversity is the Balkans. The species shows ecological differentiation and multiple colon ...
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(Fernald) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria obtusiloba
''Cherleria obtusiloba'' is a perennial alpine herb known by the common names alpine sandwort and twinflower stitchwort. It is native to the mountains of western North America from the High Sierra of California to the Colorado Rockies
The C ...
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(Rydb.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria parnonia
''Cherleria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found in the Arctic and mountain areas of the northern hemisphere. Its center of diversity is the Balkans. The species shows ecological differentiation and multiple colon ...
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(Kamari) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria rupestris
''Cherleria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found in the Arctic and mountain areas of the northern hemisphere. Its center of diversity is the Balkans. The species shows ecological differentiation and multiple colon ...
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(Labill.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria sedoides
''Cherleria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found in the Arctic and mountain areas of the northern hemisphere. Its center of diversity is the Balkans. The species shows ecological differentiation and multiple colon ...
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L.
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Cherleria wettsteinii
''Cherleria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found in the Arctic and mountain areas of the northern hemisphere. Its center of diversity is the Balkans. The species shows ecological differentiation and multiple colon ...
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(Mattf.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
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Cherleria yukonensis
''Cherleria yukonensis'', the Yukon sandwort or Yukon stitchwort, is a plant species native to Yukon and Northwest Territories of Canada, as well as Alaska, and The Russian Far East. Flora of North America and some other publications also report ...
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(Hultén) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
References
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Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae genera
Flora of the Holarctic realm