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

Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerastium*	L.	accepted genus name

Subspecies group names

*Cerastium vulgare*	Hartm.	basionym
*Cerastium vulgare*	Hartm.	homotypic synonym
*Cerastium caespitosum*	Asch.	synonym; nom. illeg.
*Cerastium caespitosum subsp. caespitosum*	Asch.	synonym
*Cerastium caespitosum subsp. glandulosum*	(Boenn.) Vǎlev	synonym
*Cerastium caespitosum subsp. triviale*	(Spenn.) Hiitonen	synonym
*Cerastium fontanum subsp. balcanicum*	Gartner	synonym
*Cerastium fontanum subsp. balcanum*	Gartner	synonym
*Cerastium fontanum subsp. glabrescens*	(G. Mey.) Salman, Ommering & de Voogd	synonym
*Cerastium fontanum subsp. hispanicum*	Gartner	synonym
*Cerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoides*	(Fr.) Salman, Ommering & de Voogd	synonym
*Cerastium fontanum subsp. pyrenaeum*	Gartner	synonym
*Cerastium fontanum subsp. triviale*	(Link) Jalas	synonym
*Cerastium fontanum subsp. triviale*	(Spenn.) Jalas	synonym
*Cerastium fontanum var. holosteoides*	(Fr.) Jalas	synonym
*Cerastium glandulosum*	(Boenn.) Schur	synonym
*Cerastium holosteoides*	Fr.	synonym
*Cerastium holosteoides subsp. holosteoides*	Fr.	synonym
*Cerastium holosteoides subsp. pseudoholosteoides*	Möschl	synonym
*Cerastium holosteoides subsp. triviale*	(Link) Möschl	synonym
*Cerastium holosteoides subsp. triviale*	(Spenn.) Möschl	synonym
*Cerastium stevenii*	Schischk.	synonym
*Cerastium sylvaticum subsp. torneroi*	P. Monts.	synonym
*Cerastium triviale*	Link	synonym; nom. illeg.
*Cerastium viscosum*	L.	synonym
*Cerastium viscosum*	L.	synonym; nom. ambig.
*Cerastium vulgatum*	L.	synonym
*Cerastium vulgatum*	L. (1762)	synonym
*Cerastium vulgatum subsp. caespitosum*	(Asch.) Dostál	synonym
*Cerastium vulgatum subsp. glabrescens*	(G. Mey.) Janch.	synonym
*Cerastium vulgatum subsp. vulgatum*	L. (1762)	synonym
*Cerastium vulgatum*	L. (1755)	pro parte synonym; nom. illeg.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: herba d´hort 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: forquitela 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: merusa

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Greuter & Burdet in Willdenowia 12. 1982.

Genbank

Citation

Marhold, K. (2011): Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=FDFE7780-9117-4AD7-9D44-4B2780934984