Colobanthus is a large genus of small, cushion-like herbaceous plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, sometimes known as "pearlworts", a name they share with plants of the related genus Sagina.[1] C. quitensis is the world's southernmost dicot, and one of only two native extant flowering plants of Antarctica.
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| Colobanthus quitensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Colobanthus Bartl. |
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Selected species
edit- Colobanthus acicularis Hook. f.
- Colobanthus affinis (Hook) Hook. f.
- Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce synonym = Spergula apetala
- Colobanthus bolivianus Pax
- Colobanthus brevisepalus Kirk
- Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
- Colobanthus caespitosus Colenso
- Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
- Colobanthus curtisiae J.G. West
- Colobanthus diffusus Hook. f.
- Colobanthus hookeri Cheeseman
- Colobanthus kerguelensis Hook. f.
- Colobanthus lycopodoides Griseb.
- Colobanthus masonae L.B. Moore
- Colobanthus monticola Petrie
- Colobanthus muelleri Kirk = C. billardieri var. brachypoda
- Colobanthus muscoides Hook. f.
- Colobanthus nivicola M. Gray
- Colobanthus pulvinatus F. Muell.
- Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl., = C. alatus, C. aretioides, C. billardieri, C. cherlerioides, C. crassifolius, C. crassifolius var. aretioides, C. maclovianus, C. meingeni, C. quitensis var. alatus, C. saginoides, Sagina crassifolia, S. quitensis, Spergula affinis?
- Colobanthus repens Colenso
- Colobanthus squarrosus Cheeseman
- Colobanthus strictus (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
- Colobanthus subulatus (d'Urv.) Hook. f.
- Colobanthus wallii Petrie
References
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- ^ "Colobanthus". The Plant List. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
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