Minuartia

Larch needle - Minimize ( Minuartia laricifolia )

The Mieren ( Minuartia ) are a genus of flowering plants in the Caryophyllaceae family ( Caryophyllaceae ).

• 4.1 Notes and references

Description

Vegetative characteristics

In Minuartia species is annual to perennial herbaceous plants, rarely subshrubs. The prostrate, ascending to erect stems are individually or several together in a herd and are often branched ascending to erect. Their leaves are almost always very narrow, linear or narrowly lanceolate with one or three veins.

Generative features

The flowers are borne singly or in zymösen inflorescences. The hermaphrodite flowers are radial symmetry and fünfzählig with double perianth. The top five trockenhäutigen sepals have one or three nerves. The five white, or rarely reddish petals are front rounded or narrowed, but not emarginate or divided. There are two circles, each with five stamens present. The unilocular ovary contains many ovules. There are three pen available.

The narrow ovate or ovate - cylindrical capsule fruits open with three flaps. The seeds are egg -, kidney - or disc- shaped.

Occurrence

The Mierendorff species inhabiting almost exclusively in the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic to the subtropical areas. In the temperate and warmer regions they are from the hill and altitude level found at altitudes of 3800 meters ( dwarf chickweed ). One type is also found in Chile.

System

The genus name Minuartia was first published in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum, 1, pp. 89-90. Type species is Minuartia dichotoma L. Synonyms for Minuartia L. are Alsinanthe ( Fenzl ) Rchb. , Alsine Gaertn. , Alsinopsis Small, Greniera J.Gay, Hymenella Moc. & Sessé, Lidia Á.Löve & D.Löve, Minuopsis WAWeber, Porsildia Á.Löve & D.Löve, Queria L., Rhodalsine J.Gay, Selleola Urb., Tryphane Rchb. , Wierzbickia Rchb. The genus belongs to the tribe Minuartia Alsineae in the subfamily Alsinoideae within the family Caryophyllaceae. The genus name honors Minuartia the Spanish physician and botanist Juan Minuart ( 1693-1768 ).

The genus Minuartia contains about 120 to 175 species (selection):

• Minuartia arctica ( Steven ex Ser. ) Asch. & Graebn. It occurs in Eastern Europe, Asia and North America
• Austrian chickweed ( Minuartia austriaca ( Jacq. ) Hayek ): It occurs in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia and Romania
• Two Blossom Minimize Minimize or Zweiblütige ( Minuartia biflora (L.) Schinz & Thell. ): It occurs in Europe, East Asia and North America
• Haarblättrige chickweed ( Minuartia capillacea ( All. ) Graebner ): It occurs in France, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania and Romania
• Man Shield chickweed ( Minuartia cherlerioides ( Hoppe) Becherer )
• Minuartia cumberlandensis ( Wofford & Kral ) McNeill: It occurs in the United States (Kentucky, Tennessee)
• Minuartia dichotoma L.: It occurs only in southern Spain and Morocco
• Minuartia drummondii ( Shinners ) McNeill: It is used in the United States (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas) before
• Eastern Spring chickweed ( Minuartia glaucina Dvorakova ): It occurs in Austria, Slovenia and Slovakia
• Minuartia globulosa ( Labill. ) Schinz & Thell. It occurs on the Balkan Peninsula, in the Aegean, Cyprus and the Middle East
• Grass-leaved chickweed ( Minuartia graminifolia ( Ard. ) ​​JAV. ): It is found in Italy, in Sicily, on the Balkan Peninsula and in Romania before
• Fine leaved chickweed ( Minuartia hybrida ( Vill. ) Schischk. ): It is used in Europe, North Africa and West, Central and South Asia before
• Minuartia kashmirica ( Edgew. ) MattF. Coming into Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal and China ( Xizang ) before
• Larch needle - Minimize ( Minuartia laricifolia (L.) Schinz & Thell. ): It occurs in France, Spain and Italy
• Carpathian chickweed ( Minuartia langii ( Reuss ) Holub; subsp as subspecies kitaibelii ( Nym. ) MattF to M. laricifolia (L.) Schinz & Thell asked. .. ): It is used in Austria, Poland and Romania
• Mediterranean chickweed ( Minuartia mediterranea ( Ledeb. ) K.Maly ): It occurs in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
• Minuartia mesogitana ( Boiss. ) Hand. - Mazz. It occurs only in South East Europe and the Middle East
• Minuartia obtusiloba ( Rydb. ) House: It occurs in North America and Kamchatka
• Krumm leaf chickweed ( Minuartia recurva ( All. ) Schinz & Thell. ): It is found in Southern, Central and Western Europe (Ireland) and in the Middle East before
• Beaked chickweed ( Minuartia rostrata pers.) Rchb. ; Syn: Minuartia mutabilis ( ( Lapeyr. ) Schinz & Thell ex Becherer. ): It occurs in Spain, France, Italy and Switzerland
• Tufts chickweed ( Minuartia rubra ( Scop. ) McNeill )
• Rock chickweed ( Minuartia rupestris ( Scop. ) Schinz & Thell. ): It occurs in the Alps of France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Slovenia
• Dwarf chickweed ( Minuartia sedoides (L.) Hiern )
• Bristle chickweed ( Minuartia setacea ( Thuill. ) Hayek ): It comes from France over central and south-eastern Europe to the Middle East before
• Stiff chickweed ( Minuartia stricta ( Swartz ) Hiern ): An arctic - alpine species, which has occurred up to the 19th century as a relic of the Ice Age in the Alpine foothills and was rediscovered in Bad Hindelang 2005; their distribution ranges of central Europe, Northern England, Northern Europe, North Asia to North America and Greenland
• Minuartia tenella ( J.Gay ) MattF. It occurs in North America (British Columbia, Oregon, Washington)
• Ordinary Spring chickweed ( Minuartia verna (L.) Hiern; Syn: Minuartia gerardii ( Willd.) Hayek ): Its distribution ranges from Europe and North Africa to Asia; with several subspecies, including: Calamine Spring chickweed ( Minuartia verna subsp. Hercynica ( Willk. ) O.Schwarz )