; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 421 (1753), nom. cons.
Distribution: cosmopolitan. Inclusion of Plettkea, Pycnophyllopsis, Baretia and many previous Arenaria s. l.-species fide Montesinos-Tubée & Borsch (2023)
= Alsine Tourn. ex L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 272 (1753)
= Alsinella (Sw.) Fr.; Summa Veg. Scand. [Swartz] 17 (1814) pro parte
= Alsinula Dostál; Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 4 (1984), nom. inval.
= Ballarion Raf.; Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 266 (1818)
= Baretia Timaná; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 45(art. 27): 502, figs. 1-3 (2023)
= Bigelowia Raf.; Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 442 (1817)
= Engellaria Iamonico; Acta Bot. Mex. 128(e1846): 4 (2021)
= Fimbripetalum (Turcz.) Ikonn.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 14: 78 (1977)
= Hylebia Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 347 (1868)
= Larbrea A.St.-Hil.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 2: 287 (1815)
= Leucostemma Benth.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 642 (1828)
= Malachium Fr. ex Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 795 (1832), nom. superfl.
= Micropetalon Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 509 (1805)
= Myosanthus Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 348 (1868)
= Myosoton Moench; Methodus [Moench] 225 (1794)
= Plettkea Mattf.; Schriften Vereins Naturk. Unterweser, n. s. 7: reimpr. p. 11, 13, 17 (1934)
= Pycnophyllopsis Skottsb.; Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl., n. s. 56: 216 (1916)
= Spergulastrum Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 275 (1803)
= Stellularia Hill; Gen. Nat. Hist. 2(Hist. Pl.): 436 (1773)
= Tytthostemma Nevski; Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 305 (1937)