Caryophyllaceae week Statistics – eFlora of India

January 10, 2013
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Caryophyllaceae week Statistics.:

I have compiled the statistics of the plants from Caryophyllaceae during the family week in Dec 2012.Sorry I coudn’t contribute a single plant.

14 Genera including 38 species were contributed during the episode. The limelight was on Silene (15 sp.)followed by Cerastium:5 sp.

Everybody knows the contributors. Thanks for participating with a lot of interest.

Arenaria		Cerastium		Dianthus		Drymaria

Arenaria festucoides		Cerastium cerastioides		Dianthus caryophyllus		Drymaria villosa

Arenaria orbiculata		C.tomentosum		Dianthus barbatus		Drymaria cordata

Arenaria serpyllifolia		C.dahuricum		Dianthus chinensis

		Cerastium fontanum


Gypsophila		Myosoton		Polycarpaea		Sagina

Gypsophila elegans		Myosoton aquaticum		Polycarpaea corymbosa		Sagina subulata

Gypsophila cerastioides


Saponaria		Silene		Spergula		Spergularia

Saponaria officinalis		Silene falconeriana		Spergula arvensis		Spergularia marina

		Silene vulgaris				Spergularia rubra

		Silene armeria

		Silene indica var. edgeworthii

		Silene indica var. indica

		Silene gangotriana

		Silene baccifera

		Silene caespitella?

		Silene cashmeriana

		Silene coeli-rosa

		Silene conoidea

		Silene coronaria

		Silene himalayensis

		Silene pendula


Stellaria		Thylacospermum

Stellaria graminea		Thylacospermum caespitosum

Stellaria media

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