caryophyllidae
Noun
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A group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants);
Contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks);
Aizoaceae;
Amaranthaceae;
Batidaceae;
Chenopodiaceae;
Cactaceae (order Opuntiales);
Nyctaginaceae;
Phytolaccaceae;
Corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales;
Sometimes classified as a superorder (synset 111823944)is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more ordersmember holonym:- caryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
- caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
- caryophyllales, chenopodiales, order caryophyllales, order-chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
- opuntiales, order opuntiales - coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses
belongs to: class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridaesame as: subclass caryophyllidae
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