- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158815-1
- Publication
- Prodromus Florae Monasteriensis Westphalorum
- Collation
- 135
- Date of Publication
- 14 Mar-20 May 1824
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Caryophyllaceae
Remarks
The name has been considered illegitimate in some treatments, however 'Boenn. recognised two separate species, either of which had been referred to as Spergula arvensis by previous authors. Boenn. did not know to which species Linnaeus’s S. arvensis belongs, so he cited “S. a. L. in the sense of Sm. and DC.” under the first, and “S. a. of most authors, whether of L.?” under the second, and as a result, he did not definitely include Linnaeus’s (to-be-designated) type in either.' (W.Greuter, pers. comm. 27 July 2010)