Family – Caryophyllaceae. 9 genera in Sri Lanka
- CARYOPHYLLACEAE
50.01. CERASTIUM L.
C.fontanum Baumg. subsp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet
C.glomeratum Thuill. [Cerastium vulgatum var. glomeratum (Thuill.) Edgew. & Hook, f.]
C.indicum Wight & Am.
50.02. DRYMARIA Willd. ex Schult.
D.cordata (L.) Roem. & Schult. subsp. diandra (Blume) Duke [Drymaria cordata Willd. ex Schult.] S:kukulu-pala
50.03. POLYCARPAEA Lam.
P.aurea Wight & Am.
P.corymbosa (L.) Lam.
P.spicata Wight & Am.
50.04. POLYCARPON Loefl. ex L.
P.prostratum (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf. [Polycarpon loeflingiae (Wight & Am.) Benth. & Hook, f.]
P.tetraphyllum (L.) L. R10:62 subsp. tetraphyllum
50.05. SAGINA L.
S.saginoides (L.) Karsten
50.06. SILENE L.
S.armeria L.
50.07. STELLARIA L.
S.media (L.) Vill. subsp. media Exhickweed
S.pauciflora Zoll. & Moritzi [Stellaria drymarioides Thw.]
50.08. SPERGULA L.
S.arvensis L. E:spurrey
50.09. VACCARIA Medikus
V.hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert [Saponaria vaccaria L.]
Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda. Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA
