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Cerastium L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 438 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000007327.

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Synonyms of Cerastium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Pseudocerastium C.Y.Wu, X.H.Guo & X.P.Zhang Acta Bot. Yunnan. 20: 395 (1998) wfo-4000031449

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cerastium:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium acutifolium Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 122 (1866) wfo-0000595048
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium albimarginatum (Vorosch.) Barkalov Botanica Pacifica 12(2): 122 2023 wfo-1000056449
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium alexandrei Emb. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 15: 195 (1935) wfo-0000595068
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium alpinum M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 361. 1808 wfo-0000595077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium alsophilum Greene Ottawa Naturalist 16: 37 (1902) wfo-0000595112
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium alvandicum Poursakhi, Assadi & F.Ghahrem. Fl. Iran [ed. M. Assadi et al.] 168: 163 2023 wfo-1000056640
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium amblyodontum Colenso Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 384 (1894 publ. 1895) wfo-0000595116
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium andinum Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 21: 318 (1862) wfo-0000595120
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium angustatum Greene Pittonia 4: 300 (1901) wfo-0000595122
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium anomalum Schrank Naturhist. Ökon. Briefe Donaumoor : 73 (1795) wfo-0000595125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium apuanum Parl. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 7: 69 (1875) wfo-0000595132
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium arcticum subsp. nigrescens (Edmondston) Á.Löve & D.Löve Bot. Not. 114(1): 51 (1961) wfo-1200113126
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium arvemense Charb. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60(Sess. Extraord.): cxc, hybr. 1920 [1913 publ. 1920] wfo-0000595157
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium arvense subsp. glandulosum (Kit.) Soó Acta Geobot. Hung. 2:237 1939 — wfo-1200112827
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium arvense subsp. suffruticosum (L.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 1878 — wfo-1200112828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium arvense var. nervosum Macloskie Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8: 388. 1905 Naud. (unexplained) wfo-0000595188
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium assadii Poursakhi & F.Ghahrem. Fl. Iran [ed. M. Assadi et al.] 168: 121 2023 wfo-1000056638
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium atlanticum subsp. atlanticum – – — wfo-1200108173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium banaticum (Rochel) Heuff. Enum. Pl. Banat. 1858 — wfo-1200112829
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium banaticum subsp. banaticum – – — wfo-1200107859
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium bazofticum Poursakhi, Assadi & F.Ghahrem. Fl. Iran [ed. M. Assadi et al.] 168: 147 2023 wfo-1000056639
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium biflorum Kit. Linnaea 32: 525 (1863) wfo-0000595282
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium blyttii Baen. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 40: 365 (1890) wfo-0000595284
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium brachyodon Čelak. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 37: 338. 1887 wfo-0000595298
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. brachypetalum – – — wfo-1200107844
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium brevicaule Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 3: 228 (1816) wfo-0000595315
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium brueggerianum Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 59: 143 (1909) wfo-0000595317
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium cacanense Möschl Bol. Soc. Brot. 2(31): 143 1957 — wfo-0001292366
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium calcicola Ohwi Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 46 (1934) wfo-0000595347
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium campanulatum subsp. palustre (Moris) Möschl – — wfo-0000595351
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium campestre Greene Pittonia 4: 301 (1901) wfo-0000595354
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium canum Griff. Itin. Pl. Khasyah Mts. : 557 (1848) wfo-0000595359
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium carinthiacum subsp. carinthiacum – – — wfo-1200107970
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium carniolicum Preissm. ex Gartner Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 113: 17, in syn. 1939 wfo-0000595365
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium chassium Formánek Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 35: 193 (1897) wfo-0000595379
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium ciarcanense Zapał. Bull. Acad. Sc. Cracovie, Ser. B. 1910, 436. wfo-0000595383
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium clawsonii Correll Wrightia 4: 25 (1968) wfo-0000595387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium colsmannii Lehm. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 418 (1825) wfo-0000595391
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium comatum var. congestum Lonsing Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 46: 149 1939 wfo-1200109555
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium comatum var. longipedicellatum M.Keskin Frontiers Life Sci. Relat. Technol. 2(2): 36 2021 wfo-1200109402
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium comatum var. typicum (Fiori) Lonsing Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 46: 149 (1939) wfo-1200110261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium confertum Greene Pittonia 4: 302 (1901) wfo-0000595396
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium cordatum (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 400 (1766) wfo-0000595404
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium cordifolium Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 458 (1824) wfo-0000595405
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium coronense Schur Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15(2): 154 (1877) wfo-0000595407
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium costei Sennen Diagn. Nouv. : 273 (1936) wfo-0000595411
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium crassipesneum Bartl. – — wfo-0001291360
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium creticum Boiss. & Heldr. ex Möschl Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 41: 161 (1936) wfo-0000595414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium dahuricum Spreng. Pl. Min. Cog. Pug. 2:65 1815 — wfo-1200112830
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium dasyphyllum Kit. Linnaea 32: 521 (1863) wfo-0000595423
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium decalvans subsp. decalvans – – — wfo-1200108141
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium decalvans subsp. doerfleri Niketić, Schönsw. & Frajman Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 199:601 2021 — wfo-1200112654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium densiflorum Guss. Fl. Sicul. Prodr. , Suppl.: 136 (1832) wfo-0000595478
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium dichotomum subsp. dichotomum – – — wfo-1200107955
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium dichotomum var. saccardoanum (Diratz.) M.Keskin Frontiers Life Sci. Relat. Technol. 2(2): 39 2021 wfo-1200109401
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium diffusum subsp. diffusum – – — wfo-1200108661
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium dioicum Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 120 (1789) wfo-0000595495
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium divaricatum Herbich Flora 7: 184 (1824) wfo-0000595497
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium divaricatum Kit. in Rochel, Pl. Banat. Rar. Ind. wfo-0000595498
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium dollineri Beck Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien ii. (1887) 62 () wfo-0000595500
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium dominici Kit Tan & R.R.Mill Fl. Turkey 10: 70 (1988) wfo-0000595503
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium dubium L. – — wfo-0001291437
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium effusum Greene Pittonia 4: 298 (1901) wfo-0000595513
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium elongatum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 321 (1813) wfo-0000595519
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium erectum (L.) Britton – — wfo-1200109564
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium fimbriatum Ledeb. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 5: 540 (1815) wfo-0000595537
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium flagillum Boiss. – — wfo-0001291974
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium fontanum subsp. scoticum Jalas & P. D. Sell Watsonia 6:293 1967 — wfo-1200112655
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium fuegianum A.Nelson New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. 184. 1909 wfo-0000595585
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium fuegianum Albov Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 7: 364 (1896) wfo-0000595584
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium glabrum Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 1: 8 (1922) wfo-0000595598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium glandulosum (Boenn.) Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 19: 306 (1869) wfo-0000595600
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium graminifolium Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 250 (1903) wfo-0000595623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium grande Greene Pittonia 2: 229 (1892) wfo-0000595624
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium grandiflorum subsp. serpentini F. K. Mey. Haussknechtia Beih., 15:47 2011 — wfo-1200112656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium granulatum (Huter, Porta & Rigo) Porta Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 11: 267 (1879) wfo-0000595636
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium grenieri var. obscurum (Chaub.) F.W.Schultz Fl. Gall. Germ. exs. (Bitche) 1: 6. 1836 wfo-1200040716
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium grenieri var. pallens F.W.Schultz Fl. Gall. Germ. exs. (Bitche) 6. 1836 wfo-1200040714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium haenkeanum Pignatti – — wfo-0001302730
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium heterophyllum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 121 (1866) wfo-0000595646
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium hirtellum Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 206 (1874) wfo-0000595653
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium ibericum Sennen & Elias Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 25: 214 (1926 publ. 1927) wfo-0000595676
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium igoschiniae Pobed. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 106 (1968) wfo-0000595678
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium illyricum subsp. illyricum – – — wfo-1200108078
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium illyricum var. typicum Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 473 (1924) wfo-1200110260
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium inflatum Link ex Boiss. – — wfo-1200109637
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium inflatum var. longum M.Keskin Frontiers Life Sci. Relat. Technol. 2(2): 39 2021 wfo-1200109403
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium intermedium Williams Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 899 1898 — wfo-0001281182
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium juvenale Godr. Mém. Acad. Stanislas , sér. 3, 17: 383 (1853 publ. 1854) wfo-0000595700
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium kaoi T.Shimizu J. Fac. Textile Sci. Technol. Shinsu Univ., A 12: 23 (1963) wfo-0000595702
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium kerneri Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Fl. Tirol 6(2): 141 (1909) wfo-0000595706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium kitaibelii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 329 (1840) wfo-0000595711
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium krylovii Schischk. & Gorczak. Trudy Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuibysheva 116: 129 (1951) wfo-0001291976
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium laestadianum H.Samzelius Bot. Not. 1896: 177 (1896) wfo-0000595717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium lamyi F.W.Schultz Arch. Fl. France Allemagne : 24 (1848) wfo-0000595721
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium lanatum Hegetschw. Fl. Schweiz : 433 (1839) wfo-0000595723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium lanigerum Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 3: 228 (1816) wfo-0000595728
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium lanthes Williams Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 131 (1899) wfo-0000595750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium latifolium var. acutifolium Edmondston Fl. Shetland 30 1845 — wfo-0000595760
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cerastium laxiferum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 123 (1866) wfo-0000595769