Facchinia

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.[2]

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

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Species

There are six 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 rupestris (Scop.) Dillenb. & Kadereit
  • Facchinia valentina (Pau) Dillenb. & Kadereit

References
  1. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch Syn. Red.: 63 (1841)
  2. 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.
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