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The genus Arenaria is in the family Caryophyllaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Arenaria

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Arenaria achalensis Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria aggregata (L.) Loisel.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria aksayqingensis L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria alfacarensis Pamp.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria algarbiensis Welw. ex Willk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria alpamarcae A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria altorum Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria amdoensis L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria andina Rohrb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria angustifolia McNeill	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria angustifolioides Kit Tan & Sorger	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria antitaurica McNeill	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria aphanantha Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria arcuatociliata G.López & Nieto Fel.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria armerina Bory	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria aucheriana Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria auricoma Y.W.Tsui ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria balansae Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria balearica L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria balfouriana W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria barbata Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria baxoiensis L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria benthamii Fenzl ex Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria bertolonii Fiori & Paol.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria bhutanica Majumdar & Babu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria biflora L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria bisulca (Bartl.) Fenzl ex Rohrb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria boliviana F.N.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria bomiensis L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria bourgaei Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria brevipetala Y.W.Tsui & L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria bryoides Willd. ex Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria bryophylla Fernald	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria bungei Barkoudah	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria calycina Poir.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria cambodianum Pit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria capillipes (Boiss.) Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria cariensis Carlström	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria catamarcensis Pax	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria cerastioides Poir.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria chamdoensis C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria chiapensis Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria ciliata L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria ciliolata Edgew. & Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria cinerea DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria commagenae Çeleb. & Favarger	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria compressa McNeill	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria conferta Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria conica Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria conimbricensis Brot.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria controversa Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria cossoniana Fernald	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria crassipes Baehni & J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria cretica Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria curvifolia Majumdar	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria dawuensis A.J.Li & Q.Ban	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria debilis Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria deflexa Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria delaguardiae G.López & Nieto Fel.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria delavayi Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria densissima Wall. ex Edgew. & Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria dicranoides Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria digyna Willd. ex Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria dimorphitricha C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria dsharaensis Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria dyris Humbert	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria edgeworthiana Majumdar	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria edulis S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria eliasiana Kit Tan & Sorger	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria emarginata Brot.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria engleriana Muschl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria erinacea Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria euodonta W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria ferruginea Duthie ex F.N.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria festucoides Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria filicaulis Fenzl ex Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria filipes C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria fimbriata Mattf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria foliosa Royle ex Edgem. & Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria fontqueri Cardona & J.M.Monts.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria forrestii Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria fragillima Rech.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria fridericae Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria funiculata Fior & P.O.Karis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria fursei Lazkov	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria galliformis C.Y. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Arenaria geladaindongensis R.F.Huang & S.K.Wu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria gerzensis L.H.Chou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria gionae Gustavsson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria giraldii (Diels) Mattf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria glanduligera Edgew.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria globiflora (Fenzl) Wall. ex Edgew. & Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria glochidisperma (J.M.Monts.) Fior & P.O.Karis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria gothica Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria gracilis Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria grandiflora L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria graveolens Schreb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria grueningiana Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria guatemalensis Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria guicciardii Heldr. ex Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria gypsostrata B.L.Turner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria haitzeshanensis Tsui ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria halacsyi Bald.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria hintoniorum B.L.Turner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria hispanica Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria hispida L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria humifusa Wahlenb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria huteri A.Kern.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria inconspicua Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria inornata W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria iochanensis C.Y.Wu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria ionandra Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria ischnophylla F.N.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria jamesoniana Rohrb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria kansuensis Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria karakorensis E.Schmid	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria katoana Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria kotschyana Fenzl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria kourosii Parsa	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria kumaonensis Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria kurdica McNeill	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria ladyginii Kozhevn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria lancangensis L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria latisepala R.F.Huang & S.K.Wu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria lessertiana Fenzl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria leucadia Phitos & Strid	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria leucasteria Mattf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria libanotica Kotschy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria ligericina Lecoq & Lamotte	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria littledalei Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria livermorensis Correll	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria longicaulis C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria longipedunculata Hultén	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria longipes C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria longipetiolata C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria longiseta C.Y.Wu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria longistyla Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria ludens Shinners	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria ludlowii H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria luschanii McNeill	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria lycopodioides Willd. ex Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria macrocalyx Tausch	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria macrosepala Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria mairei Emb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria mandoniana Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria mattfeldii Baehni	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria mcneillii Aytaç & H.Duman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria melanandra (Maxim.) Mattf. ex Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria melandryiformis F.N.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria melandryoides Edgew.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria membranisepala C.Y.Wu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria merckioides Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria microstella C.Y. Wu ex L.H. Zhou	Accepted		TRO
Arenaria minima C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria minutissima Rech.f. & Esfand.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria mirdamadii Rech.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria modesta Dufour	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria monantha F.N.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria monilifera Mattf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria monosperma F.N.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria mons-cragus Kit Tan & Sorger	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria montana L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria moritziana Pax	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria mukerjeeana (Majumdar) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria muralis (Link) Sieber & Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria musciformis Triana & Planch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria napuligera Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria neelgherrensis Wight & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria nevadensis Boiss. & Reut.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria nigricans Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria nitida (Bartl.) Rohrb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria nivalomontana C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria norvegica Gunnerus	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria obtusiflora Kunze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria oligosperma Naudin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria olloixii Jahand., Maire & Weiller	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria omeiensis C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria orbicularis Vis.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria orbiculata Royle ex Edgew. & Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria orbignyana Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria oreophila Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria oresbia Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pallens Muschl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria paludicola B.L.Rob.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pamphylica Boiss. & Heldr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria paramelanandra H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria parvifolia Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pedunculosa Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pentagyna Moç. & Sessé ex Ser.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria peyritschii Rohrb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pharensis McNeill & Majumdar	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria phitosiana Greuter & Burdet	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria × piifontii M.B.Crespo & Mateo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pleurantha Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria poeppigiana Rohrb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pogonantha W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria polysperma C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria polytrichoides Edgew.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pomelii Munby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria potaninii Schischk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria provincialis Chater & P.Halliday	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pseudofrigida (Ostenf. & O.C.Dahl) Steffen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pseudostellaria C.Y.Wu, L.H.Zhou & W.L.Wagner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pulvinata Edgew.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pungens Clemente ex Lag.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria puranensis L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria purpurascens Ramond ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pycnophylla Rohrb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria pycnophylloides Pax	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria qinghaiensis Y.W.Tsui & L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria quadridentata (Maxim.) F.N.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria querioides Pourr. ex Willk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria quirosii Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria radians Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria ramellata F.N.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria redowskii Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria reducta Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria repens Sessé & Moc.	Accepted		TRO
Arenaria reptans Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria retusa Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria rhodantha Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria rhodia Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria rivularis Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria roborowskii Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria rockii Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria rohrbachiana Garcke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria roseiflora Sprague	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria rotundifolia M.Bieb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria runemarkii Phitos	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria rupestris Labill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria sabulinea Griseb. ex Fenzl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria saginoides Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria salweenensis W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria saponarioides Boiss. & Balansa	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria saxigena (Humbert & Maire) Dobignard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria schneideriana Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria serpyllifolia L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria setifera C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria shannanensis L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria shennongjiaensis Z.E.Chao & Z.H.Shen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria sipylea Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria sivasica Kit Tan & Sorger	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria smithiana Mattf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria soratensis Rohrb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria spathulifolia C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria speluncarum McNeill	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria standleyi Baehni & J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria stracheyi Edgew.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria stuebelii Hieron.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria suffruticosa Fior & P.O.Karis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria szechuensis F.N.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria taibaishanensis L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria taiwanensis S.S.Ying	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria tenera Edgew.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria tequilana B.L.Turner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria tetragyna Willd. ex Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria tetraquetra L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria thangoensis W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria tmolea Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria tomentosa Willk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria trichophora Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria trichophylla C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria tumengelaensis L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria uninervia McNeill	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria venezuelana Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria weissiana Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria xerophila W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria yulongshanensis L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria yunnanensis Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria zadoiensis L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Arenaria zhongdianensis C.Y.Wu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,008 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Arenaria. Of these 272 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 370 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Arenaria. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,008 species names for the genus Arenaria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	272	27.0%
◕	Synonym	549	54.5%
◕	Unplaced	96	9.5%
◕	Unassessed	91	9.0%

All names

The status of the 1,378 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Arenaria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	314	22.8%
◕	Synonym	838	60.8%
◕	Unplaced	96	7.0%
◕	Unassessed	130	9.4%

Of these names,

• 11 are recorded as invalid
• 70 are recorded as illegitimate

A further 4 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 1,008 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Arenaria, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	267	489	0	0	756	75.0%
	Low confidence	5	60	96	91	252	25.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Arenaria, are as follows: