Arenaria
Encyclopedia
Arenaria, a Latin word meaning sand
-loving (or psammophylic), may refer to :
Sand
Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.The composition of sand is highly variable, depending on the local rock sources and conditions, but the most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal...
-loving (or psammophylic), may refer to :
Genera
- Arenaria (bird), the turnstones, a bird genus of the family Scolopacidae
- Arenaria (plant)Arenaria (plant)Arenaria is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Caryophyllaceae.Species of this genus are among those plants commonly known as "sandworts". Several species formerly classified within Arenaria are now classed in the genera Spergularia, Eremogone and Minuartia.Species include:*Arenaria...
, the sandworts, a plant genus of the family Caryophyllaceae
Species
- Phengaris alcon arenaria, the Dutch alcon blue, an extinct subspecies of the alcon blue butterfly that was endemic to the Netherlands
- Meloidogyne arenaria thamesi, a synonym for Meloidogyne thamesi, the Thames' root-knot nematode, a plant-pathogenic nematode species