Gypsophila elegans

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

Gypsophila elegans M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 319 (1808).

Homotypic
- Silene elegans (M.Bieb.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 5: 104 (1901), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Arenaria pulchella Hoffm., Hort. Mosq.: 4 (1808).
- Gypsophila producta Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 51(2): 280 (1886).
- Gypsophila carminea R.H.Pearson, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 48: 66 (1910).
- Gypsophila ceballosii Pau & Vicioso, Bol. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 493 (1919), as Ceballosi.
- Gypsophila elegans var. latipetala Barkoudah, Wentia 9: 135 (1962).

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Ukraine, Crimea Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Caucasus Northern Caucasus, Transcaucausus (Armenia, Gruziya, Azerbaijan). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Bieberstein, F.A.M.v. 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica, exhibens stirpes phaenogamas :in Chersoneso Taurica et regionibus caucasicis sponte crescentes. Tomus 1. 429 pp. Charkouiae [Kharkov], Typis Academicis. BHL Reference page.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gypsophila elegans. Accessed: 2025 December 12.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Gypsophila elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 18. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Gypsophila elegans. Accessed: 18 April 2023.Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Gypsophila elegans. Published online. Accessed: 18 April 2023. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Gypsophila elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 December 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gypsophila elegans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 12-November-2025. Reference page.