Polycnemum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Polycnemoideae
Tribus: Polycnemeae
Genus: Polycnemum

Species: P. arvense – P. fontanesii – P. heuffelii – P. majus – P. perenne – P. verrucosum

Names in synonymy: P. acutum – P. alternifolium – P. americanum – P. bonariense – P. brachiatum – P. camphorosma – P. camphorosmoides – P. conjugatum – P. crassifolium – P. diandrum – P. dichotomum – P. echinus – P. erinaceum – P. glaucum – P. hybridum – P. inundatum – P. juniperinum – P. malacophyllum – P. maroccanum – P. mesembryanthema – P. minus – P. monandrum – P. nuciferum – P. oppositifolium – P. pentandrum – P. pumilum – P. recurvum – P. salsum – P. scleranthoides – P. sclerospermum – P. sedifolium – P. sibiricum – P. triandrum – P. viaticum – P. volvox – P. vulgare

For Rovillia: R. glabra
Name

Polycnemum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 35. (1753)

Type species: Polycnemum arvense L.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Polychnemum Zumagl., Fl. Pedem. (Zumagl.) (1849), orth. var.
Selago Adans., Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 268. (1763), nom. illeg. superfl., nom. illeg. hom. (later homonym of Selago L. 1753)
Heterotypic
Rovillia Bubani, Fl. Pyren. (Bubani) 1: 182. (1897)
Type species: Rovillia glabra Bubani

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 35. Reference page.
Adanson, M. 1763. Familles des Plantes. II. partie. (24) + 640 pp. Paris: Vincent. BHL Reference page. : 268
Bubani, P. 1897. Flora Pyrenaea per ordines naturales gradatim digesta v.1. Mediolani [Milan]: U. Hoeplius. BHL Reference page. : 182–183
Zumaglini, A.M. 1849. Flora Pedemontana: sive species plantarum phanerogamarum in Pedemonte et Liguria sponte nascentium 1. BHL Reference page. : 19

Additional references

Masson, R. & Kadereit, G. 2013. Phylogeny of Polycnemoideae (Amaranthaceae): Implications for biogeography, character evolution and taxonomy. Taxon 62 (1): 100–111. DOI: 10.1002/tax.621009 JSTORReference page.
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.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Polycnemum. 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 Nov. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Polycnemum. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Polycnemum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Polycnemum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov. 2019.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Хрупляўнік
čeština: Chruplavník
Deutsch: Knorpelkraut
suomi: Rustoruohot
hornjoserbsce: Chrympawa
հայերեն: Բազմոտնուկ
қазақша: Бізжапырақ
polski: Chrząstkowiec
svenska: Broskörter

Polycnemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae, native to central, eastern and southern Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, and Central Asia. Basal in its clade, it has been suggested that it be given its own family, Polycnemaceae.[3]
Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Polycnemum arvense L.
Polycnemum fontanesii Durieu & Moq.
Polycnemum heuffelii Láng
Polycnemum majus A.Braun ex Bogenh.
Polycnemum perenne Litv.
Polycnemum verrucosum Láng

References

Sp. Pl.: 35 (1753)
"Polycnemum L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
Veselova, Tatiana D.; Dzhalilova, Khalima Kh.; Timonin, Alexander C. (1 December 2016). "Embryology of Polycnemum arvense L. (lower core Caryophyllales)". Wulfenia. 23: 221–240.