Arenaria aberrans

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Overview

Vulnerable

Common Names

Description

Genus Arenaria

Herbs annual or perennial , rarely biennial. Stems erect or rarely creeping , often caespitose or pulvinate . Leaves opposite, rarely whorled ; leaf blade linear to elliptic , ovate , or orbicular , usually flat, margin entire . Flowers solitary or numerous in cymes, actinomorphic . Sepals 4 or 5, apex entire, rarely emarginate . Petals 4 or 5, sometimes absent, apex entire to toothed , 2-cleft, or fimbriate. Stamens (2--5 or 8 or) 10. Ovary 1-loculed; ovules numerous. Styles 2 or 3(--5) . Capsule ovoid , obovoid , or globose , usually shorter than persistent sepals, rarely equaling or longer than them, 3- or 6-valved. Seeds reniform or subovoid, flattened, smooth , tuberculate , or narrowly winged .

More than 300 species: N temperate to arctic regions; 102 species (79 endemic) in China.

Arenaria has been subdivided into ten subgenera , several of which were further divided into sections and series (McNeill, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 24: 79 155. 1962) . Six subgenera are represented in China, one of which ( A. subgen. Odontostemma ) contains more than half the species.

Dequan Lu, Zhengyi Wu, Lihua Zhou, Shilong Chen, Michael G. Gilbert, Magnus Lidén, John McNeill, John K. Morton, Bengt Oxelman, Richard K. Rabeler, Mats Thulin, Nicholas J. Turland & Warren L. Wagner "Arenaria". in Flora of China Vol. 6 Page 40. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Habitat

Biome: Disturbed areas, urban areas

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Arenaria aberrans M. E. Jones
2. Eremogone aberrans

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Arenaria

There are approximately 1104 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. aberrans · A. abietina · A. acerosa · A. acerosa var. glabra · A. achalensis · A. acicularis · A. aculeata (Needleleaf Sandwort) · A. acutisepala · A. adenotrichia · A. adonidis · A. aegaea · A. aequicaulis · A. affinis · A. africana · A. agglomerata · A. aggregata · A. aggregata cantabrica · A. aggregata cavanillesiana · A. aggregata favargeri · A. aggregata fontiqueri · A. aggregata oscensis · A. aggregata pseudoarmeriastrum · A. aggregata subsp. cantabrica · A. aggregata subsp. cavanillesiana · A. aggregata subsp. favargeri · A. aggregata subsp. fontiqueri · A. aggregata subsp. oscensis · A. aggregata subsp. pseudoarmeriastrum · A. airaefolia · A. airifolia · A. aizoides · A. aksayqingensis · A. alba · A. alba var. villosa · A. albo-villosa · A. alfacarensis · A. alfacariensis · A. algarbiensis · A. algarviensis · A. allionii · A. alpamarcae · A. alpicola · A. alpina · A. alsinoides · A. alsinoides var. ovatifolia · A. altaica · A. altorum · A. amabilis · A. amdoensis · A. anatolica · A. andicola · A. andicola var. caespitosa · A. andicola var. major · A. andina · A. androsacea · A. angolensis · A. angustifolia · A. angustifolioides · A. angustisepala · A. anodontoptera · A. anomala · A. antitaurica · A. apetala · A. aphanantha · A. aprica · A. arabica · A. araucana · A. arcauatociliata · A. arctica var. caespitosa · A. arctica var. grandiflora · A. arctica var. hondoensis · A. arctica var. minor · A. arctica var. rebunensis · A. arctica var. stenopetala · A. arcuatociliata · A. arduini · A. arenaria · A. arenarioides · A. aretioides · A. argaea · A. aristata · A. armeniaca · A. armeriastrum · A. armerina · A. armerina caesia · A. armerina echinosperma · A. armerina elongata · A. armerina frigida · A. armerina subsp. caesia · A. armerina subsp. echinosperma · A. armerina subsp. elongata · A. armerina subsp. frigida · A. arquatociliata · A. arundana · A. arvatica · A. arvensis · A. asiatica · A. attica · A. atuntziensis · A. atuntziensis var. stenopetala

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:

• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2646539
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-20237
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13738884
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:150914-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 20237
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 150914-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDCAR04010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ARAB
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 22138

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