Taxon:  Hypertelis cerviana (L.) Thulin



Summary
Genus:
Hypertelis
Family:
Molluginaceae
Nomen number:
478332
Place of publication:
Taxon 65:787.  2016
Verified:
05/30/2017 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pharnaceum cerviana L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser.
Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. var. cerviana

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. var. linearis Fenzl

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
  2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: as Mollugo cerviana
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: as Mollugo cerviana
  4. Thulin, M. et al. 2016. Phylogeny and generic delimitation in Molluginaceae, new pigment data in Caryophyllales, and the new family Corbichoniaceae. Taxon 65:775-793. DOI: 10.12705/654.6.
  5. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Mollugo cerviana
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishslender carpetweed  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: as Mollugo cerviana
Englishthreadstem carpetweed  1Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas Note: as Mollugo cerviana
Englishwire-stem chickweed  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). Note: as Mollugo cerviana
Chinesexian ye su mi cao线叶粟米草 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Mollugo cerviana
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: lists as Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. ex DC.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: lists as Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. ex DC.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: lists as Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. ex DC.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: lists as Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. ex DC.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: lists as Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. ex DC.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo   
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia   
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia   
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar   
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Walesw.Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandw.Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australiae.Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australiac.Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  Christenhusz, M. J. M. et al. 2014. On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae. Phytotaxa 181:238-242.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria   
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece   
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly   
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania   
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal   
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain   
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaQatar  Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i 922.
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Guinea, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [Cape Province, Free State, Transvaal]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • CHINA: China [Hebei Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (w.), Queensland (w.), South Australia (e.), Western Australia (c.), Northern Territory]
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, Portugal
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Qatar
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Utah]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja, Sonora]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: lists as Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. ex DC.
  2. Christenhusz, M. J. M. et al. 2014. On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae. Phytotaxa 181:238-242.
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  5. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  6. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  7. Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
  8. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  9. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  10. Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
  11. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  12. Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
  13. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
  14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  15. Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i 922.
  16. Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.
  17. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
  18. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Mollugo cerviana
Medicinesfolklorein IndiaFNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: as Mollugo cerviana
Weed sandy placesFNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: as Mollugo cerviana
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=478332. Accessed 25 October 2026.