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Internal ID UUID643ff7eccbb61111038667
Scientific name Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Authority (L.) L.
First published in Syst. Nat. ed. 10 , 2: 881 (1759)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Polycarpaea tetraphylla E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 5: 23 (1901)
Polycarpon floribundum Willk. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 5: 430 (1847)
Mollugo tetraphylla L. Sp. Pl. : 89 (1753)
Alsine polycarpa Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 405 (1766)
Holosteum tetraphyllum Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 24 (1794)
Polycarpon tetraphyllum var. verticillatum Fenzl Fl. Ross. 2: 165 1843

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Language Common/alternative name
English four-leaved all-seed
English fourleaf manyseed
English four-leaved allseed
Czech kýlatka čtyřlistá
Welsh gorhadog
German vierblättriges nagelkraut
Persian پردانه
Finnish etelänkynsiyrtti
French polycarpe à quatre feuilles
Dutch kransmuur
Polish polikarpon
Swedish tusenfrö
Chinese 四叶多荚草
Chinese 四葉多莢草
Chinese 多荚草属
Chinese 多莢草屬

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Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp. alsinifolium (Biv.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital. : 112 (1882)
Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp. diphyllum (Cav.) O.Bolòs & Font Quer Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 6: 356 1962

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Cape Verde
      • Madeira
      • Selvagens
    • Middle Atlantic Ocean
      • Ascension
      • Saint Helena
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Kuwait
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Philippines
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Norfolk Island
      • Tasmania
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northwest
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • South Carolina
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • South-central Pacific
      • Easter Island
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Haiti
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Chile Central
      • Chile South
      • Desventurados Islands
      • Juan Fernández Islands
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000395614
Florida Plant Atlas 1852
Flora of Alabama 1439
Canadensys 4345
USDA Plants POTE
Tropicos 6300413
INPN 114517
Flora of Italy 772
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:156239-1
The Plant List kew-2409666
Open Tree Of Life 300033
NCBI Taxonomy 115622
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003073
Nature Serve 2.148781
IPNI 156239-1
iNaturalist 58876
GBIF 3085381
Freebase /m/0bbz3qj
EPPO POYTE
EOL 487620
Calflora (Californian flora) 6722
USDA GRIN 462312
Wikipedia Polycarpon_tetraphyllum

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_965240275.1 dcPolTetr1.hap1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2025-04-14 65 1.18 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

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The Greuter Herbarium in Palermo: An Inventory of Its Type Specimens Available Online, with Some Thoughts on Type Terminology (Occasional Papers from the Herbarium Greuter, N° 5) Greuter W Plants (Basel) 12-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11053905
doi:10.3390/plants13081086
PMID:38674494
Medicinal Plants Used by Oromo Community in Kofale District, West-Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia Nuro GB, Tolossa K, Giday M J Exp Pharmacol 05-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10929209
doi:10.2147/JEP.S449496
PMID:38476311
Ecological and Syntaxonomic Analysis of the Communities of Glebionis coronaria and G. discolor (Malvion neglectae) in the European Mediterranean Area Cano E, Cano-Ortiz A, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Rodrigues Meireles C, Raposo M, Pinto Gomes C, Laface VL, Spampinato G, Musarella CM Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934477
doi:10.3390/plants13050568
PMID:38475415
The Orophilous Shrubby Vegetation of the Juniperetalia hemisphaericae Order in Sicily: A Refuge Habitat for Many Endemic Vascular Species Sciandrello S, Giusso del Galdo G Plants (Basel) 31-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10857485
doi:10.3390/plants13030423
PMID:38337957
The Novel Invader Salpichroa origanifolia Modifies the Soil Seed Bank of a Mediterranean Mesophile Forest Arduini I, Alessandrini V Plants (Basel) 13-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10821032
doi:10.3390/plants13020226
PMID:38256778
Wild Avian Gut Microbiome at a Small Spatial Scale: A Study from a Mediterranean Island Population of Alectoris rufa Guerrini M, Tanini D, Vannini C, Barbanera F Animals (Basel) 27-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10648672
doi:10.3390/ani13213341
PMID:37958097
Road Impact on Plant Colonization in the Arid Timanfaya National Park Bernardos M, Cornejo NS, Torres Hassan AD, Cabrera R, Arévalo JR Plants (Basel) 13-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10610428
doi:10.3390/plants12203568
PMID:37896031
Impacts of the Invasive Alien Carpobrotus spp. on Coastal Habitats on a Mediterranean Island (Giglio Island, Central Italy) Mugnai M, Benesperi R, Viciani D, Ferretti G, Giunti M, Giannini F, Lazzaro L Plants (Basel) 21-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9609148
doi:10.3390/plants11202802
PMID:36297826
Effect of Sheep Grazing, Stocking Rates and Dolomitic Limestone Application on the Floristic Composition of a Permanent Dryland Pasture, in the Montado Agroforestry System of Southern Portugal Carreira E, Serrano J, Gomes CJ, Shahidian S, Paniagua LL, Pilirito A, Lopes Castro J, Carvalho M, Pereira AF Animals (Basel) 20-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9559647
doi:10.3390/ani12192506
PMID:36230248
Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy) Iamonico D Plants (Basel) 15-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9414419
doi:10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:36015425
A Genome-Wide Identification Study Reveals That HmoCYP76AD1, HmoDODAα1 and HmocDOPA5GT Involved in Betalain Biosynthesis in Hylocereus Hua Q, Chen C, Xie F, Zhang Z, Zhang R, Zhao J, Hu G, Qin Y Genes (Basel) 23-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8702118
doi:10.3390/genes12121858
PMID:34946807
Floristic and Vegetation Changes on a Small Mediterranean Island over the Last Century Sciandrello S, Cambria S, Giusso del Galdo G, Guarino R, Minissale P, Pasta S, Tavilla G, Cristaudo A Plants (Basel) 01-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8065674
doi:10.3390/plants10040680
PMID:33916121
Natural plant species inventory of hotspot areas in Arabian Peninsula: Southwest Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia Al-Namazi AA, Al-Khulaidi AW, Algarni S, Al-Sagheer NA Saudi J Biol Sci 04-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8176062
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.02.076
PMID:34121869
Local Factors Rather than the Landscape Context Explain Species Richness and Functional Trait Diversity and Responses of Plant Assemblages of Mediterranean Cereal Field Margins Pallavicini Y, Bastida F, Hernández-Plaza E, Petit S, Izquierdo J, Gonzalez-Andujar JL Plants (Basel) 22-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7356665
doi:10.3390/plants9060778
PMID:32580354
Biodiversity conservation in cities: Defining habitat analogues for plant species of conservation interest Itani M, Al Zein M, Nasralla N, Talhouk SN PLoS One 09-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7282666
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220355
PMID:32516335

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