Carpetweed Family
Molluginaceae
Molluginaceae are a family of flowering plants recognized by several taxonomists. It was previously included in the larger family Aizoaceae. The APG III system of 2009 made no change in the status of the family as compared to the APG II system of 2003 and the APG system of 1998, apart from a reassignment of several genera, such as the placement of Corrigiola and Telephium into Caryophyllaceae, Corbichonia in Lophiocarpaceae, Microtea into Microteaceae and Limeum in...
11 branches of this family, most-observed first
Carpetweeds
genusMollugo
sweetjuice
genusGlinus
Spookasems
genusPharnaceum
Stackleafs
genusPsammotropha
Muggiegrasses
genusAdenogramma
Trigastrotheca
genusTrigastrotheca
Saltsorrels
genusHypertelis
Paramollugo
genusParamollugo
Snakegrasses
genusPolpoda
Coelanthum
genusCoelanthum
Suessenguthiella
genusSuessenguthiella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Molluginaceae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71416.