caryophylloid dicot family

1. Family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (synset 111585491)
   is a type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
   subtypes:

   • carnation family, caryophyllaceae, family caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
   • genus stellaria, stellaria - common chickweed; stitchwort
   • aizoaceae, carpetweed family, family aizoaceae, family tetragoniaceae, tetragoniaceae - succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
   • amaranth family, amaranthaceae, family amaranthaceae - cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs
   • batidaceae, family batidaceae, saltwort family - family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts
   • chenopodiaceae, family chenopodiaceae, goosefoot family - includes spinach and beets
   • allioniaceae, family allioniaceae, family nyctaginaceae, four-o'clock family, nyctaginaceae - a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
   • cactaceae, cactus family, family cactaceae - constituting the order Opuntiales
   • family phytolaccaceae, phytolaccaceae, pokeweed family - chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma
   • family portulacaceae, portulacaceae, purslane family - family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
   belongs to: caryophyllidae, subclass caryophyllidae - 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

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