Facchinia

Facchinia
Facchinia lanceolata botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Sagineae
Genus:
Rchb. (1841)[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Assoella J.M.Monts. (1986)
  • Dufourea Gren. (1837), nom. illeg.
  • Schmidtia Sieber (1813), nom. illeg.
  • Siebera Hoppe (1819), nom. rej.
  • Somerauera Hoppe (1819)

Facchinia is a genus of flowering plants in the pink and carnation family Caryophyllaceae, native to the Pyrenees and the Alps. Many species in this genus were previously placed in Minuartia.[3]

Species

There are seven species and one subspecies in Facchinia:[2]

  • Facchinia cerastiifolia (Ramond ex DC.) Dillenb. & Kadereit
  • Facchinia cherlerioides (Sieber) Dillenb. & Kadereit
    • F. cherlerioides subsp. aretioides (Port. ex J.Gay) Dillenb. & Kadereit
  • Facchinia grignensis (Rchb.) Dillenb. & Kadereit
  • Facchinia herniarioides (Rion) Dillenb. & Kadereit
  • Facchinia lanceolata (All.) Rchb.
  • Facchinia rupestris (Scop.) Dillenb. & Kadereit
  • Facchinia valentina (Pau) Dillenb. & Kadereit

References

  1. ^ Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch Syn. Red.: 63 (1841)
  2. ^ a b Facchinia Rchb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ Dillenberger, M. S.; Kadereit, J. W. (2015). "A Revision of Facchinia (Minuartia s.l., Caryophyllaceae)". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 72 (3): 353–389. doi:10.1017/S0960428615000153.