Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Scleranthus L.
KNOTGRASS
Classification
CARYOPHYLLALES
Scleranthus
Citation
SCLERANTHUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 406. 1753.
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TYPE: Scleranthus annuus Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 30. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Scleranthus annuus GERMAN KNOTGRASS Not Native FACU (NWPL)
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Ditoca Ditoca Banks ex Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 196. 1791. TYPE: Ditoca muscosa Gaertner, nom. illegit. (Mniarum biflorum J. R. Forster & G. Forster) = Mniarum J. R. Forster & G. Forster 1776.
Knauthia Knauthia Heister ex Fabricius, Enum., ed. 2. 358. 1763. TYPE: = Scleranthus Linnaeus 1753.
Knavel Knavel Seguier, Pl. Veron. 3: 60. 1754. TYPE: = Scleranthus Linnaeus 1753.
Mniarum Mniarum J. R. Forster & G. Forster, Charact. Gen. 1. 1776. TYPE: Mniarum biflorum J. R. Forster & G. Forster