Arenaria (plant)

Arenaria is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Caryophyllaceae.

Arenaria
Arenaria montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Arenaria
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Species

~150, see text

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.

Selected species

[1][2]

Recently described:

See also

References

  1. Johnson, Derek; Kershaw, Linda; Pojar, Jim; Mackinnon, Andy (1995), Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland, Edmonton, Alberta: Lone Pine Publishing and the Canadian Forest Service, p. 102, ISBN 1-55105-058-7
  2. Chapman, Ross (1991), The Discoverer's Guide to Elk Island National Park, Edmonton, Alberta: Lone Pine Publishing and the Friends of Elk Island Society, p. 88, ISBN 0-919433-89-8
  3. Bluestone Perennials: Arenaria verna 'Aurea' Archived September 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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