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

Spergula arvensis L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spergula*	L.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Spergula arvensis subsp. arvensis*	L.	synonym
*Spergula arvensis subsp. chieusseana*	(Pomel) Briq.	synonym
*Spergula arvensis subsp. gracilis*	(E. Petit) Briq.	synonym
*Spergula arvensis subsp. linicola*	(Boreau) Janch.	synonym
*Spergula arvensis subsp. maxima*	(Weihe) O. Schwarz	synonym
*Spergula arvensis subsp. sativa*	(Boenn.) Čelak.	synonym
*Spergula arvensis subsp. vulgaris*	(Boenn.) Čelak.	synonym
*Spergula arvensis var. gracilis*	E. Petit	synonym
*Spergula arvensis var. sativa*	(Boenn.) Mert. & W. D. J. Koch	synonym
*Spergula chieusseana*	Pomel	synonym
*Spergula laricina*	Wulfen	synonym; nom. illeg.
*Spergula linicola*	Boreau	synonym
*Spergula maxima*	Weihe	synonym
*Spergula sativa*	Boenn.	synonym
*Spergula vulgaris*	Boenn.	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: espèrgula; espèrgula de camp 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).

Galician: esparcela; gorga; liño de raposo 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: cassamelo; espaguta; espargura; esparguta; espergula; espérgula; gorga; orga 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: esparcilla 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: pèl de boc

Literature

nomenclatural reference	L., Sp. Pl. 1753.

Genbank

Citation

Marhold, K. (2011): Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Spergula arvensis L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=4BA26A63-428F-472A-BFC2-14522A186640