Scleranthus

Taxobox
name = "Scleranthus"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Scleranthus perennis"
domain = Eukaryota
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Caryophyllaceae
genus = "Scleranthus"
genus_authority = Linnaeus
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision_ranks = See text|

"Scleranthus", the knawels, are a genus of herbaceous plants in the carnation family.

Species include:
*"Scleranthus annuus" L. (German-knotweed, knawel or annual knawel), native to Africa, Europe, Asia and naturalised elsewhere.
*"Scleranthus biflorus" (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Hook.f., native to Australia and New Zealand (Knawel, Cushion-bush or Two-flowered Knawel)
*"Scleranthus diander" R.Br.(Tufted knawel), native to Australia
*"Scleranthus minusculus" F.Muell., native to Australia
*"Scleranthus perennis" (Perennial Knawel)
*"Scleranthus pungens" R.Br., native to Australia
*"Scleranthus singuliflorus" (F.Muell.) Mattf. (One-flowered Knawel), native to higher alpine areas in Australia

References

*cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Scleranthus|title= "Scleranthus" |accessdate=2008-02-23 |work=PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust
*cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=SCLERANTHUS|title= "Scleranthus"|accessdate=2008-02-23|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra
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