Moehringia fontqueri

Moehringia fontqueri
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Moehringia
Species:	M. fontqueri
Binomial name
Moehringia fontqueri Pau

Moehringia fontqueri or Arenaria funiculata is a species of plant in the Caryophyllaceae family. It is endemic to Spain. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

In 2007, Simone Fior and Per Ola Kampis proposed the transfer of Moehringia fontqueri from the Moehringia to the Arenaria genus, renaming the species Arenaria funiculata.^[1]

References

• Peñas, J. & Lorite, J. 2006. Moehringia fontqueri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.

1. ^ Fior, Simone; Per Ola Kampis (2007). "Phylogeny, evolution and systematics of Moehringia (Caryophyllaceae) as inferred from molecular and morphological data: a case of homology reassessment". Cladistics 23 (4): 362–372. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00150.x. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00150.x. Retrieved 13 May 2009.