Minuartia

67; see text 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.Species are distributed in Eurasia and parts of Africa, including Europe, the Mediterranean region, northern and eastern Africa, the Caucasus, western and central Asia, Japan, and Far Eastern Russia.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.[2] Minuartia sensu stricto is characterized by the following features: leaves linear-setaceous; 5 acute sepals with 3, 5, or 9-veins; 5 white petals; 3 styles, forming 3-parted capsules.
Scientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesAngiospermsEudicotsCaryophyllalesCaryophyllaceaeLoefl.Type speciesSynonymsGaertn.flowering plantssandwortsfamilyCaucasusArenariapolyphyleticsensu latorecircumscribedCherleriaEremogoneFacchiniaMcneilliaMinuartiellaMononeuriaPseudocherleriaRhodalsineSabulinaTriplateiasensu strictoMinuartia bosniacaMinuartia krascheninnikoviiMinuartia recurvaMinuartia sintenisiiCherleria bifloraCherleria dirphyaCherleria obtusilobaCherleria yukonensisGeocarpon cumberlandenseGeocarpon glabrumGeocarpon groenlandicumGeocarpon uniflorumMcneillia graminifoliaSabulina californicaSabulina cismontanaSabulina decumbensSabulina douglasiiSabulina elegansSabulina howelliiSabulina nuttalliiSabulina patulaSabulina pusillaSabulina roseiSabulina rubellaSabulina stoloniferaSabulina strictaSabulina vernaWikidataWikispecieseFloraSAFloraBaseiNaturalistOpen Tree of LifeTropicosVicFlora