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|accepted_name=Mollugo
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 89. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 39. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Carpet-weed
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lampetia
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Molluginaceae;Mollugo
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Molluginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Mollugo]]</div></div>
|etymology=from Galium mollugo, probably because of similarity of whorled leaves; Latin mollis, soft or pliant
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 76, 509
|treatment_page=page 510
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual [perennial], glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>prostrate to erect, branching from base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>whorled, opposite, or alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="basal leaf size;cauline leaf size">basal leaves usually largest, cauline leaves gradually reduced distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule presence;stipule prominence">stipules absent or rudimentary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary or terminal, reduced umbellate or cymose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal quantity;sepal fusion;sepal pubescence">sepals persistent, 5, distinct, not stellate-pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal presence">petals absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen arrangement;stamen fusion;hypogynous ring size">stamens 3–5, alternate with the sepals or carpels, basally connate by a small hypogynous ring;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pistil architecture or structure in adjective form">pistils 3–5-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovules 5–15 per locule;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style quantity;style fusion">styles 3–5, distinct.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit architecture"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, 3-valved.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed shape;seed shape;seed architecture"><b>Seeds:</b> flattened laterally, reniform, smooth or reticulate to ribbed, strophioles absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="strophiole presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Australia
|discussion=<p>Species 35 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Although Mollugo has little economic value, some species have been used medicinally or as vegetables. Mollugo spergula, which has been used in India as a green vegetable, contains bitter triterpenoid saponins and sometimes is used as a source of antiseptics (A. K. Barua et al. 1989) and has been used also as a potherb (A. K. Tripathi 1988). Antifungal compounds have been isolated from Mollugo pentaphylla (M. Hamburger et al. 1989).</p><!--
--><p>The taxonomy of species of Mollugo is in great disarray, and the genus is in need of a thorough worldwide revision.</p><!--
--><p>C. F. Reed (1964), in a study of ore-pile flora, listed Mollugo gracillima Andersson and M. nudicaulis Lamarck from Maryland. The former was based on a misidentified specimen of M. verticillata, while the latter was correctly identified, representing the only known report of the species in North America.</p>
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants prostrate to ascending; leaves not glaucous; inflorescences sessile axillary, umbels seeds 0.5-0.6 mm, with curved ridges or smooth
|[[Mollugo verticillata|Mollugo verticillata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants erect; leaves glaucous; inflorescences stalked, axillary and terminal, umbellate cymes; seeds 0.3-0.4 mm, finely reticulate
|[[Mollugo cerviana|Mollugo cerviana]]
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Mollugo
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Lampetia
|basionyms=
|family=Molluginaceae
|distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Australia
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V4/V4_1033.xml
|genus=Mollugo
|basal leaf size=largest
|cauline leaf size=reduced
|flower architecture=pedicellate
|fruit architecture=3-valved;capsular
|hypogynous ring size=small
|inflorescence architecture=cymose;umbellate;reduced
|inflorescence position=terminal;axillary
|leaf arrangement=alternate;opposite;alternate;opposite;whorled
|ovule quantity=5;15
|petal presence=absent
|pistil architecture or structure in adjective form=3-5-locular
|seed architecture=reticulate;ribbed
|seed shape=reniform;flattened
|sepal duration=persistent
|sepal fusion=distinct
|sepal pubescence=not stellate-pubescent
|sepal quantity=5
|stamen arrangement=alternate
|stamen fusion=connate
|stamen quantity=3;5
|stem architecture=branching
|stem orientation=prostrate;erect
|stipule presence=absent
|stipule prominence=rudimentary
|strophiole presence=absent
|style fusion=distinct
|style quantity=3;5
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrous
|x chromosome quantity=9
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