Pussypaw Family
Montiaceae
Montiaceae are a family of flowering plants, with about 17 genera and about 230 known species, ranging from small herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution.
The family Montiaceae was newly adopted in the APG III system and includes members of the Caryophyllales formerly listed in Portulacaceae. It is known by the common names of spring beauty family or the montia family.
17 branches of this family, most-observed first
spring beauties
genusClaytonia
Lewisia
genusLewisia
Calandrinia
genusCalandrinia
pussypaws
genusCalyptridium
Montias
genusMontia
pussy paws
genusCistanthe
Fameflowers
genusPhemeranthus
Parakeelya
genusParakeelya
Thingia
genusThingia
Montiopsis
genusMontiopsis
Philippiamra
genusPhilippiamra
Lewisiopsis
genusLewisiopsis
Hectorella
genusHectorella
Lenzia
genusLenzia
Lyallia
genusLyallia
Erocallis
genusErocallis
Schreiteria
genusSchreiteria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Montiaceae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71417.