Moenchia mantica

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

Moenchia mantica (L.) Bartl., Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1839: 5 (1839).

Basionym
- Cerastium manticum L., Cent. Pl. II: 18 (1756).
Homotypic
- Stellaria mantica (L.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 794 (1805).
- Malachia mantica (L.) Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 795 (1832).
- Pentaple mantica (L.) Rchb., Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 5: 37 (1842).
- Cerastium glaucum var. manticum (L.) Gren., Fl. France 1: 266 (1847), nom. illeg.
- Alsine mantica (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 5: 60 (1901).
- Moenchia erecta subsp. mantica (L.) Thell., Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg, Sér. 4, 38: 230 (1912).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula (Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - East Aegean Islands, Türkiye.

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International Plant Names Index. 2019. Moenchia mantica. Published online. Accessed: Sep 02 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Moenchia mantica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Sep 2019. Reference page.