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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Scleranthus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 406. 1753 (as Schleranthus)
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 190. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Knawel;scléranthe
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae;Scleranthus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Scleranthus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek skleros, hard, and anthos, flower, alluding to the indurate hypanthium
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 4, 6, 50
|treatment_page=page 149
}}