Colobanthus

Colobanthus is a large genus of small, cushion-like herbaceous plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, sometimes known as "pearlworts", a name they share with plants of the related genus Sagina. C. quitensis is the world's southernmost dicot, and one of only two native extant flowering plants of Antarctica.

Selected species

• Colobanthus acicularis <small>Hook. f.</small>
• Colobanthus affinis <small>(Hook) Hook. f.</small>
• Colobanthus apetalus <small>(Labill.) Druce</small> synonym = Spergula apetala
• Colobanthus bolivianus <small>Pax</small>
• Colobanthus brevisepalus <small>Kirk</small>
• Colobanthus buchananii <small>Kirk</small>
• Colobanthus caespitosus <small>Colenso</small>
• Colobanthus canaliculatus <small>Kirk</small>
• Colobanthus curtisiae <small>J.G. West</small>
• Colobanthus diffusus <small>Hook. f.</small>
• Colobanthus hookeri <small>Cheeseman</small>
• Colobanthus kerguelensis <small>Hook. f.</small>

• Colobanthus lycopodoides <small> Griseb.</small>
• Colobanthus masonae <small>L.B. Moore</small>
• Colobanthus monticola <small>Petrie</small>
• Colobanthus muelleri <small>Kirk</small> = C. billardieri var. brachypoda
• Colobanthus muscoides <small>Hook. f.</small>
• Colobanthus nivicola <small>M. Gray</small>

• Colobanthus pulvinatus <small>F. Muell.</small>
• Colobanthus quitensis <small>(Kunth) Bartl.</small>, = C. alatus, C. aretioides, C. billardieri, C. cherlerioides, C. crassifolius, C. crassifolius var. aretioides, C. maclovianus, C. meingeni, C. quitensis var. alatus, C. saginoides, Sagina crassifolia, S. quitensis, Spergula affinis?
• Colobanthus repens <small>Colenso</small>
• Colobanthus squarrosus <small>Cheeseman</small>
• Colobanthus strictus <small>(Cheeseman) Cheeseman</small>
• Colobanthus subulatus <small>(d'Urv.) Hook. f.</small>
• Colobanthus wallii <small>Petrie</small>

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