Family · Other eudicots

Molluginaceae

Carpetweeds

Small herbs, many C4 weeds of open ground, with whorled leaves; type genus Mollugo.

Accepted species: 99accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 11accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈70 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Africamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Mollugo (carpetweed)
Glinus

Genera

Pharnaceum25 spp.
Mollugo13 spp.
Adenogramma12 spp.
Paramollugo11 spp.
Psammotropha11 spp.
Glinus10 spp.
Hypertelis7 spp.
Trigastrotheca4 spp.
Coelanthum3 spp.
Polpoda2 spp.
Suessenguthiella1 spp.

Where it grows

Africa75
Southern America16
Asia-Tropical9
Asia-Temperate7
Australasia6
Northern America3
Europe2
Pacific2

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Molluginaceae sits in the order Caryophyllales.