The bold-italic parts are diagnostic descriptions, generated with the aid of Intkey (Dallwitz et al. 1993). They distinguish each taxon in at least two respects from every other taxon. Authors have chosen additional characters to appear in bold-italic, on the basis of their diagnostic value.
• Cerastium L. • Cerastium alpinum L. • Cerastium arcticum Lange • Cerastium arvense L. • Cerastium beeringianum Cham. and Schltdl. • Cerastium cerastoides (L.) Britton • Cerastium regelii Ostenf.
• Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh. subsp. diffusa (Hornem.) Hultén
• Minuartia L. • Minuartia biflora (L.) Schinz and Thellung • Minuartia elegans (Cham. et Schltdl.) Schischk. • Minuartia rossii (R. Br. ex Richardson) Graebn. • Minuartia rubella (Wahlenb.) Hiern • Minuartia stricta (Sw.) Hiern
• Sagina L. • Sagina caespitosa (J. Vahl) Lange • Sagina nivalis (Lindblom) Fries • Sagina nodosa (L.) Fenzl subsp. borealis G.E. Crow
• Silene L. • Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq. • Silene involucrata (Cham. and Schltdl.) Bocquet • Silene sorensenis (Boivin) Bocquet • Silene uralensis (Rupr.) Bocquet • Silene ostenfeldii (Porsild) Petrovsky and Elven comb. nov.
• Stellaria L. • Stellaria crassifolia Ehrh. • Stellaria humifusa Rottb. • Stellaria longipes Goldie • Viscaria alpina (L.) G. Don
Cite this publication as: ‘A.K. Brysting, P.J. Scott, and S.G. Aiken 2000 onwards. Caryophyllaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval. Version: 29th April 2003. http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/’. Dallwitz (1980), Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1995, 2000) , and Aiken, Dallwitz et al. (1999) should also be cited (see References).
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