Sandwort
Sandwort is the common name of several flowering plants in the carnation family, which may be members of the following genera: *'' Arenaria'' *''Minuartia'' *''Moehringia'' See also * Wort plants This is an alphabetical listing of wort plants, meaning plants that employ the syllable ''wort'' in their English-language common names. According to the Oxford English Dictionary's Ask Oxford site, "A word with the suffix ''-wort'' is often very ...

Minuartia
''Minuartia'' is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sandworts in the family Caryophyllaceae. Minuartias are small annual or perennial plants which grow in otherwise inhospitable conditions such as on rocky ledges and in stony soil. The genus is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere, mainly distributed in Europe, in the Mediterranean region, and north Africa, southwest Asia, and the Caucasus Mountains. Many ''Minuartia'' species were formerly classed in the genus '' Arenaria'', and the obsolete genus ''Alsine''. In 2014, the polyphyletic ''Minuartia'' ''sensu lato'' was recircumscribed, with many of the species transferred to other genera, including '' Cherleria'', '' Eremogone'', '' Facchinia'', '' Mcneillia'', '' Minuartiella'', '' Mononeuria'', '' Pseudocherleria'', '' Rhodalsine'', '' Sabulina'', and ''Triplateia''. ''Minuartia'' '' sensu stricto'' is characterized by the following features: leaves linear-setaceous; 5 acute sepals with 3, 5, or 9-veins; 5 ...
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Arenaria (plant)
''Arenaria'' is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Caryophyllaceae. Species of this genus are among those plants commonly known as "sandworts". Several species formerly classified within ''Arenaria'' are now classed in the genera ''Spergularia'', ''Eremogone'' and ''Minuartia''. Species Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of September 2021: *'' Arenaria acaulis'' *'' Arenaria achalensis'' *'' Arenaria aggregata'' *'' Arenaria alfacarensis'' *'' Arenaria algarbiensis'' *'' Arenaria alpamarcae'' *'' Arenaria altorum'' *'' Arenaria andina'' *'' Arenaria angustifolia'' *'' Arenaria angustifolioides'' *'' Arenaria antitaurica'' *'' Arenaria aphanantha'' *'' Arenaria arcuatociliata'' *'' Arenaria armerina'' *'' Arenaria aucheriana'' *'' Arenaria balansae'' *'' Arenaria balearica'' *'' Arenaria benthamii'' *'' Arenaria bertolonii'' *'' Arenaria biflora'' *'' Arenaria bisulca'' *'' Arenaria boliviana'' *'' Arenaria bourgaei'' *'' Are ...
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Moehringia
''Moehringia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae.Volker Bittrich. 1993. "Caryophyllaceae" In: Klaus Kubitzki. ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants''. volume II, pages 206-236. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg Germany. Members of this genus and of some other genera in Caryophyllaceae are commonly called sandworts. They are found only in the north temperate zone. The genus ''Moehringia'' was first formally named by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is named after the German naturalist Paul Möhring (1710–1792). Its type species is '' Moehringia muscosa''.Index Nominum Genericorum (see External links below) By 1992, there were 31 recognized species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ....Simone Fior and Per Ola Karis. 2007. "Phylogeny, evolu ...
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