Polycarpon tetraphyllum

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Family:CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Species:Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L.
Common Name:Four Leaf Manyseed; Four Leaf Allseed
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:POTE
Plant Notes:Four Leaf Manyseed is an introduced herbaceous annual in the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). It is native to the Mediterranean region of southern Europe. In Alabama in can be found in the southern half of the state. Four Leaf Manyseed grows in lawns, in coastal areas, and in disturbed sandy habitats. It is an annual with a slender taproot. The stems are erect to prostrate and spreading, finely ridged, green in color, and glabrous. Leaves are opposite or in whorls of 4, petiolate, spatulate to ovate or elliptic in outline, entire, and glabrous or minutely pubescent. Flowers are produced in axillary or terminal cymes. Each individual flower has 5 lanceolate or ovate, keeled, green sepals with white margins. There are 5 white petals. The petals are often small or absent and the flowers are self-pollinated and cleistogamous. The fruit is an ovoid capsule. Four Leaf Manyseed has been introduced in many areas of the world. In the United States it occurrs mainly in the south and west.—A. Diamond
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Status:Not Native
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Classification

FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE - Pink family
Genus Polycarpon
Species Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L. - Four Leaf Manyseed; Four Leaf Allseed

Citation

Citation Polycarpon tetraphyllum (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 881. 1759.
Basionym: Mollugo tetraphylla L. 1753.
Type: Without data, Herb. Clifford 28(Mollugo 2) (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by B. L. Burtt & Lewis, Kew Bull. 7: 339. 1952.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Alsine polycarpon Alsine polycarpon Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 405. 1766, nom. illegit.Mollugo tetraphylla Linnaeus 1753. 
Illecebrum alsinifolium Illecebrum alsinifolium Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 188. 1767; Mant. Pl. 51. 1767. SPAIN: Without data (lectotype: LINN 290.28). Lectotypified by Amich, in Cafferty & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 53: 1052. 2004.
Loeflingia caspica Loeflingia caspica S. G. Gmelin, Reise Russland 3: 310, t. 35(1). 1774. U.S.S.R.
Mollugo tetraphylla Mollugo tetraphylla Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 89. 1753. Without data, Herb. Clifford 28(Mollugo 2) (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by B. L. Burtt & Lewis, Kew Bull. 7: 339. 1952.
Paronychia striata Paronychia striata Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 25. 1804.  
Polycarpon diphyllum Polycarpon diphyllum Cavanilles, Icon. 2: 40, t. 151(1). 1791.  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Dale, Houston, Mobile, Pike

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1888 - 1888

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
TROY000040340 Mobile 27 Apr 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2117		 TROY
Polycarpon tetraphyllum Linnaeus
AUA000026468 Dale 13 Jun 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13308		 AUA
Polycarpon Tetraphyllum (L.) L.
TROY000003669 Dale 13 Jun 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13308		 TROY
Polycarpon tetraphyllum Linnaeus
TROY000003670 Pike 09 May 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16366		 TROY
Polycarpon tetraphyllum Linnaeus
UNA00011134 Mobile 15 Jun 1888 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L. subsp. tetraphyllum
UNA00011129 Mobile _ Aug 1883 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L. subsp. tetraphyllum
UWAL0053161 Baldwin 07 May 2021 Keener, Brian R.
12195		 UWAL
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L.
ALNHS00003479 Houston 28 May 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
DTP-179		 ALNHS
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L.
ALNHS00001832 Mobile 14 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1036		 ALNHS
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L.
UWAL0012309 Mobile 27 Apr 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2117		 UWAL
Polycarpon tetraphyllum Linnaeus
ALNHS00007670 Houston 05 JUN 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5310		 ALNHS
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L.
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