Polycarpon polycarpoides

Polycarpon polycarpoides is a species of flowering plant in the manyseed genus Polycarpon, family Caryophyllaceae, native to the western Mediterranean; Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, the Balearic Islands, France, Italy, and Sicily.^[1] It is a member of the Polycarpon tetraphyllum species aggregate.^[2]

Polycarpon polycarpoides
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Polycarpon
Species:	P. polycarpoides
Binomial name
Polycarpon polycarpoides (Biv.) Zodda
Synonyms[1]
List Arenaria peploides Lapeyr. Hagaea polycarpoides Biv. Lahaya polycarpoides (Biv.) Schult. Mollia polycarpoides (Biv.) Guss. Mollia polycarpon Spreng. Polycarpon bivonae J.Gay Polycarpon colomense Porta Polycarpon cupanii Bubani Polycarpon latifolium Bertol. Polycarpon peploides DC. Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp. catalaunicum (O.Bolòs & Vigo) Iamonico & Domina Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp. colomense (Porta) Iamonico & Domina Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp. polycarpoides (Biv.) Iamonico

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are accepted:^[1]

• Polycarpon polycarpoides subsp. catalaunicum O.Bolòs & Vigo – Spain, Algeria, Tunisia
• Polycarpon polycarpoides subsp. colomense (Porta) Pedrol – Balearic Islands
• Polycarpon polycarpoides subsp. polycarpoides