2010 Volume 85 Issue 3 Pages 192-194
Sagina decumbens (Elliot) Torrey & A. Gray (Caryophyllaceae) is newly reported from Japan. Plants belonging to this species was found in Takasaki, Gunma Pref., central Honshu, Japan in 2009. Another collection in 1995 from Sakai, Osaka Pref., western Honshu, Japan was also identified as S. decumbens. Two subspecies are recognized in this species and from Takasaki and Sakai were ascribed to S. decumbens subsp. decumbens