Genus: Spergularia
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales
> Family: Caryophyliaceae
About 25 species (cosmopolitan), with two species
native to southern Africa and a further two species that are
naturalised in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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