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Paronychia

Paronychia argentea

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Paronychia P. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its Caryophyllales is an order of Flowering plants that includes the cacti, carnations Amaranths Ice plants and most The Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of Flowering plants The species are Dicotyledons Mill.

Species

110+, see text

Paronychia is a genus of plants in the pink family with over 110 species worldwide, mostly from warm-temperate North America, Eurasia, South America and Africa. The Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of Flowering plants The species are Dicotyledons They are herbs that are annual or biennial or perennial in life span. A(n herb (ˈhɝb or /ˈɝb/ see pronunciation differences) is a plant that is valued for qualities such as medicinal properties flavor scent or the like Botanically an annual plant is a Plant that usually germinates, Flowers and dies in one Year. A biennial plant is a flowering Plant that takes two years to complete its lifecycle. A perennial plant or perennial ( Latin per, "through" annus, "year" is a Plant that lives for more than Some species have a woody base. For the most part they have small, white to yellow-white colored flowers that are often hidden with in the paired bracts.

The genus Siphonychia has been incorporated into Paronychia by botanists.

The common names for some of the species include chickweed, nailwort, and Whitlow-wort. The genus gets its name from the disease of the fingernails which it was once thought to cure. The Nail disease paronychia (commonly misidentified as a synonym for felon or whitlow, the latter two of which refer to a deep space infection of the

Selected species:

Paronychia canadensis - smooth-forked nailwort
Paronychia fastigiata - hairy-forked nailwort
Paronychia jamesii - James' nailwort
Paronychia sessiliflora - creeping nailwort

External links

USDA Plants Profile: North American species

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