Moenchia graeca

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Alsineae
Genus: Moenchia
Species: Moenchia graeca

Name

Moenchia graeca Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 1: 91 (1854).

• Syntypes; [Greece] Aucher 653; [id., Sterea Ellas] "prope Arachova", Apr. 1842, Boissier; [id., Attiki] "in cacumine mantis Pentelici", Heldreich (G-BOIS).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kriti, Northwest Balkan Peninsula (North Macedonia, Serbia). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Türkiye. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Boissier, P.E. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum nonnullis Europaeis Boreali-Africanisque additis. ser. 2, no. 1. 120 pp. Neocomi [Como]: Henricus Wolfrath. MDZ Reference page. 

Additional references

• Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.) 2012. Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul. ISBN 978-605-60425-7-7. Online edition. Reference page. 
• Strid, A. 1997. Moenchia. Pp. 214–215 in Strid, A. & Tan, K. (eds.), Flora Hellenica. Volume One (Gymnospermae to Caryophyllaceae). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 547 pp. ISBN 3-87429-391-2. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Moenchia graeca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jul. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Moenchia graeca. Published online. Accessed: 22. Jul. 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora.. Moenchia graeca. Accessed: 23 Apr 2026. Reference page.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Moenchia graeca in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Apr 23.Reference page.
• JSTOR Global Plants. Moenchia graeca. Accessed: 23 Apr 2026 Reference page.