''Rhodalsine geniculata'' is a species 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 ...

belonging to 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 is the sole species in genus ''Rhodalsine''. Its native range is the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...

, the Mediterranean Basin (northern Africa, Iberia, Italy, Greece, and Cyprus) and northern

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17394591, from2=Q17241975 Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae genera Flora of the Canary Islands Flora of the Mediterranean basin Flora of Somalia Plants described in 1789 Taxa named by Jaques Étienne Gay