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The genus Cerastium is in the family Caryophyllaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cerastium

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cerastium afromontanum T.C.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium aleuticum Hultén	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium alexeenkoanum Schischk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium alpinum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium alsinifolium Tausch	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium amanum P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium andinum Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium annae I.V.Sokolova	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium arabidis E.Mey. ex Fenzl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium araraticum Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium arcticum Lange	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium argenteum M.Bieb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium argentinum (Pax) F.N.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium armeniacum Gren.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium arvense L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium atlanticum Durand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium axillare Correll	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium baischanense Y.C.Chu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium ballsii Maire	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium banaticum (Rochel) Heuff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium barberi B.L.Rob.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium beeringianum Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium behmianum Muschl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium berteroanum Colla	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium bialynickii Tolm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium biebersteinii DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium boissierianum Greuter & Burdet	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium borisii Zakirov	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium brachypetalum Desp. ex Pers.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium brachypodum (Engelm. ex A.Gray) B.L.Rob. ex Britton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium brevicarpicum Rusby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium cacananense Möschl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium candicans Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium candidissimum Correns	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium capense Sond.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium capillatum I.V.Sokolova	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium carinthiacum Vest	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium cephalanthum S.F.Blake	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium cerastoides (L.) Britton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium chilense Bartl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium chlorifolium Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium comatum Desv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium commersonianum Ser.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium crassipes Bartl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium crassiusculum Klokov	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium cuatrecasasii Sklenár	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium cuchumatanense D.A.Good	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium dagestanicum Schischk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium danguyi J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium davuricum Fisch. ex Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium decalvans Schloss. & Vuk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium deschatresii Greuter, N.Böhling & Ralf Jahn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium diazi Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium dichotomum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium dicrotrichum Fenzl ex Rohrb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium diffusum Pers.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium dinaricum Beck & Szyszyl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium dominici Favarger	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium dubium (Bastard) Guépin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium emesenum Mouterde	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium eriophorum Kit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium falcatum Bunge ex Fenzl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium fasciculatum Bartl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium fastigiatum Greene	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium filifolium Vest	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium fischerianum Ser.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium flavescens Gartner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium floccosum Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium fontanum Baumg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium fragillimum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium furcatum Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium gibraltaricum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium glabratum Hartm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium gnaphalodes Fenzl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium gracile Dufour	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium grandiflorum Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium guatemalense Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium haussknechtii Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium hemschinicum Schischk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium hieronymi Pax	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium hintoniorum B.L.Turner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium holosteum Fisch. ex Hornem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium humifusum Cambess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium illyricum Ard.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium imbricatum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium julicum Schellm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium junceum Möschl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium juniperorum Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium kasbek Parrot	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium kotschyi Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium kunthii Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium lacaitae Barberis, Bechi & Miceli	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium lanceolatum (Poir.) Volponi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium latifolium L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium lazicum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium ligusticum Viv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium limprichtii Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium lineare All.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium lithospermifolium Fisch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium longifolium Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium macranthum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium macrocalyx Buschm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium madagascariense Pax	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium madrense S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium malyi (T.Georgiev) Niketic	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium maximum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium meridense Linden & Planch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium meyerianum Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium microspermum C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium moesiacum Friv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium mollissimum Poir.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium morrisonense Hayata	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium mucronatum Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium multiflorum C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium nanum Muschl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium nemorale M.Bieb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium neoscardicum Niketic	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium nigrescens (H.C.Watson) Edmondston ex H.C.Watson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium novoguinense Gilli	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium nutans Raf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium obovatum Larrañaga	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium octandrum Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium odessanum Klokov	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium oreades Schischk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium orithales Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium papuanum Schltr. ex Mattf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium parvipetalum Hosok.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium pauciflorum Steven ex Ser.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium pedunculare Bory & Chaub.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium pedunculatum Gaudin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium perfoliatum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium persicum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium peruvianum Muschl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium pisidicum Ayasligil & Kit Tan	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium polymorphum Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium ponticum Albov	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium pospichalii Soldano & F.Conti	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium pseudokasbek Vysok.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium pumilum Curtis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium purpurascens Adams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium purpusii Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium pusillum Ser.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium qingliangfengicum H.W.Zhang & X.F.Jin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium racemosum Bartl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium ramigerum Bartl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium rectum Friv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium regelii Ostenf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium rivulare Cambess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium rivulariastrum Möschl & Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium ruderale M.Bieb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium runemarkii Möschl & Rech.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium saccardoanum Diratz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium scaposum Boiss. & Heldr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium scaranii Ten.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium schizopetalum Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium selloi Schltdl. ex Rohrb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium semidecandrum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium siculum Guss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium sinaloense D.A.Good	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium sinicum Nakai	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium smolikanum Hartvig	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium soleirolii Ser. ex Duby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium soratense Rohrb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium spathulatum Pers.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium subciliatum Gartner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium subpilosum Hayata	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium subspicatum Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium subtriflorum Dalla Torre & Sarnth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium sugawarae Koidz. & Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium supramontanum Arrigoni	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium sventenii Jalas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium sylvaticum Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium szechuense F.N.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium szowitsii Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium takasagomontanum Masam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium taschkendicum Adylov & Vved.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium terrae-novae Fernald & Wiegand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium texanum Britton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium theophrasti Merxm. & Strid	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium thomasii Ten.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium thomsonii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium tianschanicum Schischk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium tolucense D.A.Good	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium tomentosum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium transsilvanicum Schur	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium trianae Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium trichocalyx Muschl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium tucumanense Pax	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium undulatifolium Sommier & Levier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium uniflorum Clairv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium utriense Barberis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium vagans Lowe	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium velutinum Raf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium venezuelanum Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium verticifolium R.L.Dang & X.M.Pi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium vidalii Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium viride A.Heller	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium viscatum (Montel.) Jalas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium vourinense Möschl & Rech.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium vulcanicum Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium wilhelmianum Sklenár	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cerastium wilsonii Takeda	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 742 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cerastium. Of these 203 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 525 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cerastium. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 742 species names for the genus Cerastium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	203	27.4%
◕	Synonym	407	54.9%
◕	Unplaced	78	10.5%
◕	Unassessed	54	7.3%

All names

The status of the 1,267 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cerastium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	259	20.4%
◕	Synonym	872	68.8%
◕	Unplaced	78	6.2%
◕	Unassessed	58	4.6%

Of these names,

• 11 are recorded as invalid
• 60 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 742 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cerastium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	200	383	0	0	583	78.6%
	Low confidence	3	24	78	54	159	21.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cerastium, are as follows: