Herniaria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Paronychieae
Genus: Herniaria
Species: H. abyssinica – H. acrochaeta – H. algarvica – H. alpina – H. amoena – H. arabica – H. argaea – H. austroamericana – H. baetica – H. bicolor – H. boissieri – H. bornmuelleri – H. canariensis – H. capensis – H. cashemiriana – H. caucasica – H. ciliolata – H. cinerea – H. cyrenaica – H. degenii – H. erckertii – H. ericifolia – H. fontanesii – H. fruticosa – H. glaberrima – H. glabra – H. grimmii – H. hemistemon – H. hirsuta – H. incana – H. latifolia – H. litardierei – H. lusitanica – H. maritima – H. maskatensis – H. mauritanica – H. micrantha – H. montenegrina – H. nigrimontium – H. olympica – H. oranensis – H. orientalis – H. parnassica – H. pearsonii – H. permixta – H. pisidica – H. polygama – H. pujosii – H. regnieri – H. rhiphaea – H. saxatilis – H. scabrida – H. schlechteri – H. urrutiae
Name

Herniaria L. Sp. Pl. 1: 218 (1753), Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 103 (1754).

Lectotype species: Herniaria glabra L. Sp. Pl. 1: 218. (1753) (designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 137 (Aug. 1929).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Heterochiton Graebn. & Mattf. in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5: 870. (1919)

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 218. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 103. Reference page.

Additional references

Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Open access Reference page.
Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195 in International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2017. Herniaria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 May 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Herniaria. Published online. Accessed: May 22 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Herniaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2017.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Herniaria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Herniaria in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2018 Dec 5.

Vernacular names
العربية: حليكة
azərbaycanca: Herniyar
беларуская: Гладун
čeština: průtržník
Deutsch: Bruchkräuter
English: Ruptureworts
eesti: Söötreiarohi
فارسی: علف فتق
suomi: Tyräruohot
hornjoserbsce: Přetoržnička
հայերեն: Փսխածաղիկ
日本語: コゴメビユ属
ქართული: ქაფუნა
қазақша: Жарықдәрі
македонски: Ситница, килавица
polski: Połonicznik
русский: Грыжник
slovenčina: prietržník
svenska: Knytlingar
українська: Остудник
中文: 治疝草属

Herniaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae known generally as ruptureworts.[1] They are native to Eurasia and Africa but several species have been widely introduced to other continents. These are flat, mat-forming annual herbs.[2] The genus gets its scientific and common names from the once-held belief that species could be used as an herbal remedy for hernias.[3]
Selected species

Herniaria algarvica
Herniaria cachemiriana
Herniaria capensis
Herniaria caucasica
Herniaria ciliolata
Herniaria cinerea
Herniaria glabra
Herniaria hirsuta
Herniaria lusitanica
Herniaria lusitanica subsp. berlengiana
Herniaria maritima
Herniaria kotovii
Herniaria parnassica
Herniaria polygama
Herniaria pujosii
Herniaria setigera
Herniaria suavis

References

USDA Plants Profile: Species in North America
Jepson Manual Treatment
Flora of North America