Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Caryophyllanae > Order Caryophyllales > Family Caryophyllaceae > Genus Paronychia

Paronychia capitata (L.) Lam.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paronychia*	Mill.	accepted genus name
*Plotzia*	Arn.	synonym

Species group names

*Illecebrum capitatum*	L.	basionym
*Illecebrum capitatum*	L.	homotypic synonym
*Paronychia capitata subsp. nivea*	(DC.) Maire & Weiller	synonym
*Paronychia nivea*	DC.	synonym

Children

Paronychia capitata (L.) Lam. subsp. capitata
Paronychia capitata subsp. atlantica (Ball) Chaudhri
Paronychia capitata subsp. canariensis (Chaudhri) Sunding

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aragonese: mermasang; mermasangres; pendientes sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Catalan: herba blanca; paroníquia nívia; sanguinària blanca sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

High Aragonese: esmermasangre sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: erva andorinha sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: herva andorinha; hierba de la Virgen; hierba la Virgen; hierba meaera; hierba miona; nevadilla extendida; nevadilla granadina; nevadilla real de España; quebranta-dientes sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Valencian: arracades de la Mare de Déu; herba de la sang

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Lam. in Lam. & DC., Fl. Franç. 3. 1778.

Genbank

Citation

Marhold, K. (2011): Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Paronychia capitata (L.) Lam.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=4893868E-8010-42B6-AA0B-53EB08FB84CC