Mononeuria patula

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sclerantheae
Genus: Mononeuria
Species:

Mononeuria patula (Michx.) Dillenb. & Kadereit, Taxon 63(1): 84 (2014).

• Basionym
  • Arenaria patula Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 273 (1803).
• Homotypic
  • Alsine patula A.Gray, Manual, ed. 2: 58 (1856).
  • Alsinopsis patula (Michx.) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 420 (1903).
  • Minuartia patula (Michx.) Mattf., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 126: 28 (1921).
  • Sabulina patula (Michx.) Small ex Rydb., Fl. Plains N. Amer.: 321 (1932) [accepted by POWO].
• Heterotypic
  • Stellaria macropetala Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 184 (1838).
  • Arenaria pitcheri Nutt. in J.Torrey & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 180 (1838).
    • Alsine pitcheri (Nutt.) A.Wood, Class-book Bot.: 260 (1845).
    • Alsine patula var. pitcheri Chapm., Fl. South. U.S., ed. 2(Suppl. 2): 679 (1892).
    • Arenaria patula f. pitcheri (Nutt.) Steyerm., Rhodora 43: 329 (1941).
  • Alsine microsperma Fenzl ex Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 674 (1840).
  • Arenaria sphaerocarpa Martrin-Donos, Fl. Tarn: 107 (1864).
  • Arenaria patula f. media Steyerm., Rhodora 43: 331 (1941).
    • Minuartia patula f. media (Steyerm.) G.Wilh. & Rericha, Michigan Bot. 55(3-4): 95 (2016).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

• Dillenberger, M.S. & Kadereit, J.W. 2014. Maximum polyphyly: Multiple origins and delimitation with plesiomorphic characters require a new circumscription of Minuartia (Caryophyllaceae). Taxon 63(1): 64–88, S1–S21. DOI: 10.12705/631.5 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Mononeuria patula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jul 12. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Mononeuria patula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jul 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Mononeuria patula. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jul 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Mononeuria patula. Accessed: 12 Jul 2025.

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