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Polycarpaea nivea is a species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. The species was described by William Aiton in 1828 as Achyranthes nivea, and it was placed in the genus Polycarpaea by Philip Barker Webb in 1849.[2] The specific name nivea is Latin for "white as snow", and refers to the colour of the plant.[3]

Polycarpaea nivea
Polycarpaea nivea in the vicinity of El Médano on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Polycarpaea
Species:	P. nivea
Binomial name
Polycarpaea nivea (Aiton, 1828) Webb
Synonyms
Achyranthes nivea Aiton Polycarpaea microphylla Cav. (1801) Illecebrum gnaphalodes Schousb. Polycarpaea gnaphalodes (Schousb.) Poir. (1816) Polycarpaea candida Webb & Berthel. (1840) Polycarpaea candida var. diffusa Pit. (1909) Polycarpaea candida var. pygmaea Pit. (1909) Polycarpaea candida var. robusta Pit. (1909) Polycarpaea robusta (Pit.) G.Kunkel (1976) Polycarpaea candida var. webbiana Pit. (1909) Polycarpaea lancifolia Christ[1]

Description

It is a low plant with succulent, silvery, densely haired leaves.[3]

Distribution

The species occurs in Mauritania, Morocco, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.[4]

Synonyms

• Achyranthes nivea Aiton - basionym
• Polycarpaea microphylla Cav. (1801)
• Illecebrum gnaphalodes Schousb.
• Polycarpaea gnaphalodes (Schousb.) Poir. (1816)
• Polycarpaea candida Webb & Berthel. (1840)
• Polycarpaea candida var. diffusa Pit. (1909)
• Polycarpaea candida var. pygmaea Pit. (1909)
• Polycarpaea candida var. robusta Pit. (1909)
• Polycarpaea robusta (Pit.) G.Kunkel (1976)
• Polycarpaea candida var. webbiana Pit. (1909)
• Polycarpaea lancifolia Christ[1]

References

Further reading

• Schmidt, Johann Anton (1852). Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln. pp. 66, 277.
• Jahandierz, E. & R. Maire (1932). Catalogue des Plantes du Maroc. [vol. 2] [Catalogue of Plants from Morocco: Vol. 2] Minerva, Lechevalier eds. Algiers, p. 213
• Maire R. (1963) Flore de l'Afrique du Nord (Flora do North Africa) Lechevalier ed., Paris, p. 77
• Ozenda P. (1983) Flore du Sahara. (ed. 2) [Flora of the Sahara: 2nd Ed.]. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS.), Paris, p. 536
• Greuter W., Burdet, H. M. & Long, G. (ed.) (1984). Med-Checklist [vol. 1] Conservatoire & Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, p. 241
• Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: [1-295]
• Fennane, M., Tattou, M. ibn, Mathez J. Ouyahya, A. & Oualidi, J. El (ed.)(1999). Flore pratique du Maroc. vol. [1] [Practical Flora of Morocco: Vol. [1]] Trav. Inst. Sci., Bot. Ser. 36. Rabat, p. 195
• Fennane, M. & Tattou, M. ibn (2005). Flore vasculaire du Maroc. Inventaire et chorologie. [Vascular Flora of Morocco: Inventory and Chorology] Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Bot. Ser. Bot. 37: [124]

External links

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