Stellaria chilensis Pedersen in Chile and its synonymy

Abstract

Three species of Stellaria living in Chile, S. serpens Ravenna, S. circinata Ravenna and S. concinna Ravenna are synonymized with S. chilensis. It is considered that the features taken into account by Ravenna to establish such species, mainly plant habit and morphology of styles, are within the range of variability of S. chilensis. It is considered that S. celsa do not belong to this genus.