title: Polycnemum
text: # Polycnemum
  
  Polycnemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae, native to central, eastern and southern Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, and Central Asia. Basal in its clade, it has been suggested that it be given its own family, Polycnemaceae.
  
  ## Species
  
  Currently accepted species include:
  
  * Polycnemum arvense L.
  * Polycnemum fontanesii Durieu & Moq.
  * Polycnemum heuffelii Láng
  * Polycnemum majus A.Braun ex Bogenh.
  * Polycnemum perenne Litv.
  * Polycnemum verrucosum Láng
  