Dichodon (plant)

Not to be confused with Dichodon (mammal).

Dichodon
Cerastium cerastoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Dichodon
(Bartl. ex Rchb.) Rchb. (1841)
Species

7; see text

Synonyms
  • Provancheria B.Boivin (1966), nom. superfl.
  • Provencheria B.Boivin (1966)

Dichodon is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It includes seven species native to temperate and boreal Eurasia and Morocco, Greenland, and eastern Canada.

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