Moenchia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Alsineae
Genus: Moenchia
Species: M. erecta – M. graeca – M. mantica
Name

Moenchia Ehrh., Neues Mag. Aerzte 5(3): 203 (-204). (1783) nom. cons.

Type species: Moenchia quaternella Ehrh.

References

Ehrhart, J.F. 1783. Neues Magazin für Aerzte 5(3): 203 (-204).

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Moenchia. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Moenchia. Published online. Accessed: May 18 2019.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Moenchia. .

Moenchia is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with three species native to the Mediterranean region of southern Europe and naturalised in southern Africa and parts of North America and Australia. They are herbs, with an annual life span. They have slender roots and thin stems that are upright or ascending. Inflorescences are one- to three-flowered and terminally end the stems. The flowers are in spreading cymes or solitary, with bracts paired that are leaf like. Named after the 18th century German botanist Conrad Moench.[1] A common name for the plants in this genus is upright chickweeds.

The species was first published by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in 'Neues Mag. Aerzte' Vol.5 Issue 3, on page 203 on 11 June 1783.[2]
Species

Known species are,[3]

Moenchia erecta (L.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
Moenchia graeca Boiss. & Heldr.
Moenchia mantica (L.) Bartl.
Moenchia mantica subsp. caerulea (Boiss.) Clapham

References

Reader's Digest Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain. Reader's Digest. 1981. p. 80. ISBN 9780276002175.
"Caryophyllaceae Moenchia Ehrh". ipni.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
"Moenchia". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.