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Taxon: Dianthus armeria L.

Genus: Dianthus
Family: Caryophyllaceae subfamily: Caryophylloideae tribe: Caryophylleae.
Nomen number: 13813
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:410. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 16-Jan-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 30-Oct-2007
Species priority site is: Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center (OPGC).
Accessions: 4 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • Deptford pink   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • Deptford pink   (Source: F CalifJep ) – English   [Dianthus armeria subsp. armeria]
  • grass pink   (Source: F CalifJep ) – English   [Dianthus armeria subsp. armeria]
  • grass pink   (Source: Rabeler, p.c.) – English
  • oeillet arméria   (Source: F New Brunswick ) – French
  • Büschel-Nelke   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  • raue Nelke   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  • knippnejlika   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Iran [n.]; Turkey [n.]
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Norway [s.e.]; Sweden [s.]; United Kingdom [s.]
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece - Central Greece, Epirus, Ionian Islands, Macedonia, Thessaly; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
    Southwestern Europe: Andorra; France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [n.]

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Eastern Asia: Japan
  • AUSTRALASIA
    Australia: Australia - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
    New Zealand: New Zealand
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Canada
    United States
  • PACIFIC
    North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Southern South America: Argentina - Chubut; Chile

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
  • Assadi, M. 1985. The genus Dianthus L. (Caryophyllaceae) in Iran. Iranian J. Bot. 3:49.
  • Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. 1989–. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares.
  • Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  • Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist.
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
  • Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
  • Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. 1993–. Flora of Victoria.
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
  • Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales.
  • Hegi, G. et al. 1979. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- 3, 2:1008.
  • Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
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  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
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  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
  • McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  • Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
  • Rabeler, R. K. 1997. pers. comm. [re. common names].
  • Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
  • Rohweder, H. 1934. Beiträge zur Systematik und Phylogenie des Genus Dianthus unter Berücksichtigung der karyologischen Verhältnisse. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 66:256–257.
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
  • St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands.
  • Stone, W. 1973. The plants of southern New Jersey.
  • Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
  • Strid, A. & K. Tan, eds. 1997–. Flora hellenica.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
  • Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora.
  • Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i.
  • Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
  • Willis, J. H. 1970–1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria.
  • Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida.
  • Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Dianthus armeria L.:


Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
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  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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