Acanthophyllum cerastioides

Acanthophyllum cerastioides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Caryophylleae
Genus: Acanthophyllum
Species: Acanthophyllum cerastioides

Name

Acanthophyllum cerastioides (D.Don) Madhani & Zarre, Taxon 67(1): 101 (2018).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gypsophila cerastioides D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 213 (1825).
• Homotypic
  • Timaeosia cerastioides (D.Don) Klotzsch, Bot. Result. Travel Waldemar 138, t. 33 (1862).
• Heterotypic
  • Acosmia rupestris Benth. ex Wall., Numer. List: n.° 19, 644 (1829).
    • Timaeosia rupestris (Benth. ex Wall.) Edgew. & Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 217 (1874).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical S-Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan (Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Murree), Pakistani Kashmir (Azad Kashmir), Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu, Kashmir), Sikkim, India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Don, D. 1825. Prodromus Florae Nepalensis, sive enumeratio vegetabilium, quae in itinere per Nepaliam proprie dictam et regiones conterminas, ann. 1802–1803. Detexit atque legit D. D. Franciscus Hamilton, (olim Buchanan) M.D. ... Accedunt plantae a D. Wallich nuperius missae. Secundum methodi naturalis normam disposuit atque descripsit David Don, ... XII+256 pp. J. Gale, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 
• Madhani, H., Rabeler, R.K., Pirani, A., Oxelman, B., Heubl, G. & Zarre, S. 2018. Untangling phylogenetic patterns and taxonomic confusion in tribe Caryophylleae (Caryophyllaceae) with special focus on generic boundaries. Taxon 67(1): 83–112. DOI: 10.12705/671.6 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Acanthophyllum cerastioides. Accessed: 2025 December 30.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Acanthophyllum cerastioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Acanthophyllum cerastioides. Accessed: 30 December 2025. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acanthophyllum cerastioides. Published online. Accessed: 10 September 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Acanthophyllum cerastioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 December 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: Chickweed baby's-breath
• Türkçe: Çöven (Çöven Otu, Helvacı Kökü, Sabun Otu)
• 中文（臺灣）: 卷耳霞草
• 中文: 卷耳霞草

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