- Family:
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
Minuartia Loefl.

[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Herbs or small subshrubs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, mostly linear to needle-like, without stipules
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Flowers in dichasial cymes, usually 5-merous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals free, often prominently 3-veined
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals present or not, entire or nearly so, white or pink
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens up to 10
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Styles usually 3, free
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule opening by as many valves as there are styles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds reniform, several to many.
- Distribution
- About 70 species ± throughout the north temperate zone, mostly in Europe and W Asia, three species in Arabia and eastern Africa plus one species in S Chile.
[FTEA]
Caryophyllaceae, W. B. Turrill. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1956
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs or even subshrubs, with simple or branched stems
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves very variable in shape and texture, often acicular, subulate, or setaceous and three- (up to seven-) nerved, exstipulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals free, 5 (rarely 4), spreading at anthesis
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5 (rarely 4), or absent, when present generally quite entire or rarely emarginate, contracted to base into a very short claw
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens typically 10 but sometimes reduced in number, provided with glands at the base of the filaments
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary superior, rarely semi-inferior at anthesis, unilocular; styles usually 3
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule with the same number of valves as styles were present in the gynoecium, that is usually 3.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Magadan, Morocco, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Yemen, Yugoslavia
- Minuartia abchasica Schischk.
- Minuartia adenotricha Schischk.
- Minuartia aksoyi Koç & Hamzaoglu
- Minuartia alpuensis Çilden & Altinözlu¨
- Minuartia anatolica (Boiss.) Woronow
- Minuartia athoa (Griseb.) Kamari
- Minuartia bosniaca (Beck) K.Malý
- Minuartia bulgarica (Velen.) Graebn.
- Minuartia buschiana Schischk.
- Minuartia campestris L.
- Minuartia confusa (Boiss.) Maire & Petitm.
- Minuartia corymbulosa (Boiss. & Balansa) McNeill
- Minuartia decipiens (Fenzl) Bornm.
- Minuartia dichotoma L.
- Minuartia ebracteolata Majumdar & G.S.Giri
- Minuartia ellenbeckii (Engl.) M.G.Gilbert
- Minuartia erythrosepala (Boiss.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Minuartia eurytanica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Minuartia euxina Klokov
- Minuartia filifolia (Forssk.) Mattf.
- Minuartia funkii (Jord.) Graebn.
- Minuartia globulosa (Labill.) Schinz & Thell.
- Minuartia glomerata (M.Bieb.) Degen
- Minuartia granuliflora (Fenzl) Grossh.
- Minuartia greuteriana Kamari
- Minuartia hamata (Hausskn.) Mattf.
- Minuartia hamzaoglui Koç & Aksoy
- Minuartia hirsuta (M.Bieb.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Minuartia hondoensis (Ohwi) Ohwi
- Minuartia innominata McNeill
- Minuartia intermedia (Boiss.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Minuartia isaurica McNeill
- Minuartia kitanovii Panov
- Minuartia krascheninnikovii Schischk.
- Minuartia lanuginosa (H.J.Coste) Braun-Blanq.
- Minuartia leucocephala (Boiss.) Mattf.
- Minuartia leucocephaloides (Bornm.) Bornm.
- Minuartia libanotica (Boiss.) Bornm.
- Minuartia mairei Quézel
- Minuartia meyeri (Boiss.) Bornm.
- Minuartia micrantha Schischk.
- Minuartia montana L.
- Minuartia mucronata (L.) Schinz & Thell.
- Minuartia multinervis (Boiss.) Bornm.
- Minuartia nifensis McNeill
- Minuartia palyzanica Proskur.
- Minuartia parvulorum Mouterde & Sam. ex Rech.f.
- Minuartia pauciflora (Kit.) Dvoráková
- Minuartia perdita Dvoráková
- Minuartia recurva (All.) Schinz & Thell.
- Minuartia rostrata (Pers.) Rchb.
- Minuartia rumelica Panov
- Minuartia sandwithii Maire & N.D.Simpson
- Minuartia sclerantha (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Thell.
- Minuartia setacea (Thuill.) Hayek
- Minuartia sintenisii (H.Lindb.) Rech.f.
- Minuartia stereoneura Mattf.
- Minuartia stojanovii (Kitan.) Kouharov & Kuzmanov
- Minuartia strandjensis Panov
- Minuartia tchihatchewii (Boiss.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Minuartia tenuissima (Pomel) Mattf.
- Minuartia torosensis Koç & Hamzaoglu
- Minuartia tricostata A.P.Khokhr.
- Minuartia turcica Koç
- Minuartia valedictionis McNeill
- Minuartia woronowii Schischk.
Minuartia Loefl. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in C.Linnaeus, Sp. Pl.: 89 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
- Mattfeld in Fed. Rep. Beih. 15: 93 (1922)
- McNeill in Notes R. B. G. Edinburgh 24: 135 (1962).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Hiern in J.B. 37: 320 (1899)
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 39 (1754)
- Sp. Pl. 89 (1753)
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Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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