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Internal ID UUID643ff5b765785641289972
Scientific name Moenchia erecta
Authority G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
First published in Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 1: 219 (1799)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Moenchia octandra J.Gay Pl. Phan. Fréjus : 55 (1833)
Malachium erectum (L.) Gren. Acad. Sci. Besançon, Séance Publique 1839: 186 (1839)
Malachium octandrum (Ziz ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Gren. Acad. Sci. Besançon, Séance Publique 1839: 186 (1839)
Sagina octandra Ziz ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Deutschl. Fl. , ed. 3, 1: 864 (1823)
Sagina erecta L. Sp. Pl. : 128 (1753)
Alsine erecta Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 405 (1766)
Alsine quaternella E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 5: 60 (1901)
Alsinella erecta Moench Methodus : 222 (1794)
Cerastium erectum Coss. & Germ. Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris : 39 (1845)
Cerastium octandrum E.G.Camus Cat. Pl. France (1888) 46.
Cerastium quaternellum Fenzl Vers. Darstell. Alsin. : 56 (1833)
Doerriena erecta Borkh. Rhein. Mag. Erweit. Naturk. 1: 528 (1793)
Moenchia erecta subsp. octandra (Ziz ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Cout. Fl. Port. 211 1913
Cerastium erectum Cosson & Germ.

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Language Common/alternative name
English upright chickweed
English erect chickweed
Bulgarian изправена поревка
Czech bělička vzpřímená
Welsh clust-y-llygoden
German aufrechte weißmiere
German weißmiere
French moenchie
Upper Sorbian runa štyrjenka
Dutch kruismuur

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  • Africa
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon
      • Washington
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Maryland
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000374656
Canadensys 4335
USDA Plants MOER
Tropicos 6300401
INPN 108703
Flora of Italy 720
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:155781-1
The Plant List kew-2369380
Open Tree Of Life 1017171
Observations.org 2630
NCBI Taxonomy 645208
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000460745
Nature Serve 2.136843
IPNI 155781-1
iNaturalist 78088
GBIF 5384521
Freebase /m/079mr1
EPPO MOEER
EOL 587275
Calflora (Californian flora) 10133
Wikipedia Moenchia_erecta

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The Plant Communities of the Class Isoëto-Nanojuncetea in Sicily Brullo S, Brullo C, Sciandrello S, Tavilla G, Cambria S, Tomaselli V, Ilardi V, Giusso del Galdo G, Minissale P Plants (Basel) 29-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9104982
doi:10.3390/plants11091214
PMID:35567216
Phylogenetic estimation and morphological evolution of Alsineae (Caryophyllaceae) shed new insight into the taxonomic status of the genus Pseudocerastium Yao G, Xue B, Liu K, Li Y, Huang J, Zhai J Plant Divers 07-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC8390920
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2020.11.001
PMID:34485772

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