Caryophyllaceae - Paronychioideae - Corrigioleae - Corrigiola L.
Description:
Glabrous annual, biennial or perennial herbs with diffusely branched decumbent to prostrate stems, sometimes becoming woody at base
Leaves alternate, sessile to subsessile or rarely petiolate, spathulate or linear, glaucous; stipules scarious, auriculate
Inflorescences dense, terminal and lateral cymes or small clusters; bracts inconspicuous
Flowers bisexual, small, with slightly perigynous receptacles
Sepals 5, persistent, green with white scarious margins
Petals 5, membranous, white, shorter than or slightly exceeding sepals, oval
Stamens 5, with filaments short; anthers often dark brown
Ovary 1-locular; ovule solitary, basal on long funicle; style short or almost 0; stigmas 3, subsessile
Fruit a crustaceous, indehiscent, trigonous nutlet, enclosed by persistent calyx
Seeds globose-ovoid; embryo annular
x = 9 (8) (polyploidy)
Nomenclature:
Corrigiola L.
Linnaeus: 271 (1753)
Linnaeus: 132 (1754)
Candolle: 366 (1828)
Sonder: 132 (1860)
Hooker: 17 (1880)
Pax: 90 (1889)
Baker & Wright: 12 (1909)
Pax & Hoffmann: 298 (1934)
Adamson: 396 (1950)
Turrill: 13 (1956)
Walters: 149 (1964)
Podlech: 1 (1966)
Chaudhri: 34 (1968)
Wild & Diniz: 3 (1973)
Friedrich: 751 (1979)
Bittrich: 225 (1993)
Polygonifolia Adans.
Adanson: 272 (1763)
Distribution & Notes:
Global: Species 11; mainly in Europe, Africa and Chile, Corrigiola litoralis L. nearly cosmopolitan
The roots are used for medicinal purposes
Southern Africa: Species 2, in all provinces and countries
References:
ADAMSON, R.S. 1950. Caryophyllaceae. In R.S. Adamson & T.M. Salter, Flora of the Cape Peninsula. Juta, Cape Town
ADANSON, M. 1763. Les Espargoutes. Familles des plantes 2. Vincent, Paris
BAKER, J.G. & WRIGHT, C.H. 1909. Illecebraceae. Flora of tropical Africa 6,1
BITTRICH, V. 1993. Caryophyllaceae. In K. Kubitzki, J.G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich, The families and genera of vascular plants - dicotyledons 2. Springer-Verlag, Berlin
CANDOLLE, A.-P. DE. 1828. Paronychieae. Prodromus 3. Treuttel & Würtz, Paris
CHAUDHRI, M.N. 1968. A revision of the PARONYCHIINAE. Mededelingen van het Botanisch Museum en Herbarium van de Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht 285
FRIEDRICH, H.C. 1979. Illecebraceae. In G. Hegi, Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa, edn 2; 3,2
HOOKER, J.D. 1880. Illecebraceae. In G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker, Genera plantarum 3,1. Lovell Reeve & Co., London
LINNAEUS, C. 1753. Species plantarum. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm
LINNAEUS, C. 1754. Genera plantarum, edn 5. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm
PAX, F. 1889. Caryophyllaceae. Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 3,1b
PAX, F. & HOFFMANN, K. 1934. Caryophyllaceae. Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien II,16c
PODLECH, D. 1966. Illecebraceae. Prodromus einer Flora von Südwestafrika 30
WILD, H. & DINIZ, M.A. 1973. Illecebraceae. Flora de Moçambique 20
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