Moehringia

Moehringia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae.^[1][2] Members of this genus and of some other genera in Caryophyllaceae are commonly called sandworts.^[2] They are found only in the north temperate zone. The genus Moehringia was first formally named by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is named after the German naturalist Paul Möhring (1710–1792).

Moehringia
Moehringia lateriflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Moehringia L.
Species
27 species

Its type species is Moehringia muscosa.^[3] By 1992, there were 31 recognized species.^[4] In 2007, Fior and Karis transferred four species from Moehringia to Arenaria, leaving Moehringia with 27 species. M. fontqueri, M. intricata, M. tejedensis, and M. glochidisperma were renamed A. funiculata, A. suffruticosa, A. tejedensis, and A. glochidisperma, respectively.

Species

Species include:

• Moehringia lateriflora
• Moehringia macrophylla
• Moehringia muscosa
• Moehringia trinervia
• Moehringia villosa
• 22 more