''Spergularia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 ...
, containing salt-tolerant plants known as sandspurrys (or sandspurries) and sea-spurreys. There are about 60 species.
Selected species
* ''
Spergularia azorica'' – endemic to the archipelago of the
Azores
The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atl ...
[Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar (2008), ''Plantas Endémicas dos Açores: Guia da Ilha do Faial'', p.11; Flowering between May and September, the ''azorica'' is a small plant, sometimes woody at its base, and found in only strongly exposed coastal cliffs.]
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Spergularia atrosperma'' – blackseed sandspurry
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Spergularia bocconei''
(Scheele) Graebn. –
Boccone's sand-spurrey
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Spergularia canadensis'' – Canadian sandspurry
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Spergularia catalaunica''
Monnier
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Spergularia diandra''
(Guss.) Boiss.
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Spergularia echinosperma''
(Celak.) Asch. & Graebn.
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Spergularia heldreichii''
Foucaud
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Spergularia macrorrhiza''
(Loisel.) Heynh.
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Spergularia macrotheca'' – sticky sandspurry
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Spergularia marina''
(L.) Besser – lesser sea-spurrey
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Spergularia media''
(L.) C.Presl – greater sea-spurrey
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Spergularia nicaeensis''
Sarato ex Burnat
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Spergularia platensis''
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Spergularia rubra''
(L.) J.Presl & C.Presl – red sand-spurrey
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Spergularia rupicola''
Lebel ex Le Jol.
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Spergularia salina''
J.Presl & C.Presl
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Spergularia segetalis''
(L.) G.Don
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Spergularia tasmanica''
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Spergularia tangerina''
P.Monnier
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Spergularia villosa'' – hairy sandspurry
See also
*Similar genera that have been taxonomically intertwined with ''Spergularia'':
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Arenaria''
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Spergula''
References
Caryophyllaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl
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