Dichodon (plant)

Dichodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus:
(Bartl. ex Rchb.) Rchb. (1841)
Species[1]

7; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Provancheria B.Boivin (1966), nom. superfl.
  • Provencheria B.Boivin (1966)

Dichodon is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It includes seven species native to temperate and boreal Eurasia and Morocco, Greenland, and eastern Canada.

Species

Seven species are accepted.[1]

  • Dichodon alborzensis Arabi & Zarre
  • Dichodon cerastoides (L.) Rchb.
  • Dichodon kotschyi (Boiss.) Ikonn.
  • Dichodon persicum (Boiss.) Ikonn.
  • Dichodon scaturiginellum (Rech.f.) Assadi
  • Dichodon tenuifolium Poursakhi, Assadi & F.Ghahrem.
  • Dichodon viscidum (M.Bieb.) Holub

References