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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Starr 080415-4001 Polycarpon tetraphyllum.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Polycarpon tetraphyllum]]''
|taxon = Polycarpon
|authority = [[Loefl.]] (1759)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
|synonyms =
*''Arversia'' {{small|Cambess. (1830)}}
*''Hapalosia'' {{small|Wall. ex Wight & Arn. (1834)}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:116141-3 ''Polycarpon'' Loefl.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 22 March 2024.</ref>
}}
'''''Polycarpon''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family [[Caryophyllaceae]]. They are known generally as '''manyseeds'''. There are 7 species distributed in temperate and tropical regions around the world, including western North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and West, South, and Southeast Asia.<ref name = powo/><ref name=fna>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=126356 Flora of North America]</ref> These plants are low, matted annuals spreading slender stems along the ground or erect with many branches. The best-known species is perhaps ''[[Polycarpon tetraphyllum]]'', which is native to southern Europe but is present in many other regions as an [[introduced species]].
==Species==
Seven species are accepted.<ref name = powo/>
*''[[Polycarpon alsinifolium]]'' {{small|(Biv.) DC.}}
*''[[Polycarpon depressum]]'' {{small|Nutt.}} – California manyseed
*''[[Polycarpon polycarpoides]]'' {{small|(Biv.) Zodda}}
*''[[Polycarpon prostratum]]'' {{small|(Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf.}}
*''[[Polycarpon succulentum]]'' {{small|J.Gay}}
*''[[Polycarpon tetraphyllum]]'' {{small|(L.) L.}} – fourleaf manyseed
*''[[Polycarpon urbanianum]]'' {{small|Muschl.}}
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Polycarpon}}
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2907,2986 Jepson Manual Treatment]
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POLYC USDA Plants Profile: North American Species]
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[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]
[[Category:Caryophyllaceae genera]]
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