''Gypsophiloides'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s 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 ...

. It includes a single species, ''Gypsophiloides alsinoides'', an

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native to Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and western Pakistan. The species was first described as ''Gypsophila alsinoides'' by

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in 1847. In 2023 Mahdavi & Assadi placed it in the new monotypic genus ''Gypsophiloides''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from= Q135471089, from2=Q135471101 Caryophyllaceae Monotypic Caryophyllaceae genera Flora of Central Asia Flora of Iran Flora of Pakistan Taxa described in 2023