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Caryophyllaceae
The ANHAT database has 17601 records for 48 species and subspecies of
Caryophyllaceae. No species of Caryophyllaceae are considered extinct.
Four species account for approximately 50% of the total species records in ANHAT (
Table 223). These species have more than 1000 records each, and, in the case of the
Stellaria pungens, over 3600 records.
Table 223 Caryophyllaceae species that account for approximately 50% of the total
species records in ANHAT.
Species No. Records % Total Records
Scleranthus biflorus 1078 6.12
Polycarpaea corymbosa 1151 6.54
Stellaria flaccida 3175 18.04
Stellaria pungens 3652 20.75
Total 9056 51.45
Eight species had 30 or fewer individual site records in the ANHAT database (Table
224). Of those species, two species are classified as threatened (including one species
classified as critically endangered). There is insufficient species and information
available to assess any patterns for this family. Exclusion of these poorly recorded
species eliminates 91 records.
Table 224 Caryophyllaceae species with 30 or fewer individual site records in the
ANHAT database.
No.
Records
% in
NRS Location Veg type
Area
km 2
Species
Polycarpaea
synandra 1 0 100 NL
Polycarpaea
corymbosa torrensis 2 0 300 NL
Polycarpaea triloba 2 0 200 NL
Polycarpaea glabra 7 0 500 NL
Sagina diemensis 9 100 TAS 200 CE
Colobanthus
curtisiae 17 0 TAS 4100 VU
Sagina namadgi 25 76 E 2000 NL
Spergularia sp. 1 28 25 2800 NL
EPBC status
Removal of poorly recorded species leaves 17510 records in ANHAT for 40 species
(and subspecies). The mean number of records per species for species with greater
than 30 records was 438, with a mean of 40% of records in the NRS.
449