Contains 9 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
PARONYCHIA Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754.
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TYPE: Paronychia argentea Lamarck (Illecebrum paronychia Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 26. 1913.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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| Paronychia americana | AMERICAN NAILWORT | Native | ||
| Paronychia baldwinii | BALDWIN'S NAILWORT | Native | ||
| Paronychia chartacea | PAPER NAILWORT; PAPERY WHITLOW-WORT | Native Rare-State Threatened-US | ||
| Paronychia discoveryi | FLORIDA NAILWORT | Native | ||
| Paronychia erecta | SQUAREFLOWER | Native | ||
| Paronychia herniarioides | COASTALPLAIN NAILWORT | Native | ||
| Paronychia minima | PAPER NAILWORT | Native Threatened-State | ||
| Paronychia patula | PINELAND NAILWORT | Native | ||
| Paronychia rugelii | RUGEL'S NAILWORT | Native |
Identification Key
1. Leaf blade with spinulose mucro at the apex; sepals inconspicuously nerved, generally uniformly green in the distal half, gradually narrowed to a 0.3-0.4 mm long awn
1. Leaf blade acute to obtuse at the apex; sepals strongly 3-nerved, generally with some white to red coloration in the distal half, rounded or with a mucro to 0.2 mm long
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2. Leaves and foliaceous bracts strongly and broadly revolute, broader towards the base, deltoid, ovate, to cordate (the upper lanceolate); flowers <1 mm long
2. Leaves and foliaceous bracts flat (or nearly so), narrowed towards the base, spatulate, oblanceolate to elliptic; flowers >1 mm long
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3. Flowers 2.3-3.5 mm long
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3. Flowers 1.1-2.2 mm long
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4. Primary stems usually 2 or more at the plant base, the unbranched region of the stem longer than the branched part of the plant; sepals without a subterminal cusp
4. Primary stems 1, the unbranched region of the stem shorter than the branched part of the plant; sepals with an evident subterminal cusp
5. Flowers about as wide as long (excluding spreading sepal lobes), without a hypanthium; sepals free for most of their length and often ciliate
5. Flowers longer than wide (excluding spreading sepal lobes), with a hypanthium; sepals connate and often pubescent in the lower half, constricted near the middle
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6. Sepals straight or nearly so, mucronate
6. Sepals distinctly hooded at the apex, mucro absent or subtle
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7. Primary stems 1 at the plant base, decumbent; flowers 1.0-1.6 mm long; sepals not enlarged or thickened at the base into tubercles
7. Primary stems usually 2 or more at the plant base, prostrate to procumbent; flowers 1.4-2 mm long; sepals enlarged or thickened at the base, tuberculate
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anychia | Anychia Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 112. 1803. | TYPE: Anychia dichotoma Michaux, nom. illegit. (Queria canadensis Linnaeus; Anychia canadensis (Linnaeus) Elliott) Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 29. 1913. | |
| Anychiastrum | Anychiastrum Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 411, 1330. 1903. | TYPE: Anychiastrum riparium (Chapman) Small (Paronychia riparia Chapman) | |
| Buinalis | Buinalis Rafinesque, New Fl. 4: 40. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Buinalis floridana Rafinesque | |
| Ferriera | Ferriera Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 3: 6. 1901. | TYPE: = Paronychia Miller 1754. | |
| Forcipella | Forcipella Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 150. 1898, non Baillon 1891. | TYPE: Forcipella rugelii (Chapman) Small (Siphonychia rugelii Chapman) = Gibbesia Small 1898. | |
| Gastronychia | Gastronychia Small, Man. S.E. Fl. 480, 1504. 1933. | TYPE: Gastronychia herniarioides (Michaux) Small (Anychia herniarioides Michaux) | |
| Gibbesia | Gibbesia Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 621. 1898. | TYPE: Gibbesia rugelii (Chapman) Small (Siphonychia rugelii Chapman) Substitute name for Forcipella Small 1898, non Baillon 1891. | |
| Nyachia | Nyachia Small, Torreya 25: 11. 1925. | TYPE: Nyachia pulvinata Small | |
| Odontonychia | Odontonychia Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 401, 1330. 1903. | TYPE: Odontonychia erecta (Chapman) Small (Siphonychia erecta Chapman) | |
| Plagidia | Plagidia Rafinesque, New Fl. 4: 42. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Plagidia rufa Rafinesque | |
| Plottzia | Plottzia Arnott, in Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2. 441. 1836. | TYPE: Plottzia dichotoma (Linnaeus) Meisner (Achyranthes dichotoma Linnaeus) | |
| Siphonychia | Siphonychia Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 173. 1838, nom. cons. | TYPE: Siphonychia americana (Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray (Herniaria americana Nuttall) |