family nyctaginaceae

1. A family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales (synset 111856275)
   is a type of: caryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
   member holonym:

   • genus nyctaginia, nyctaginia - a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species
   • abronia, genus abronia - genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers
   • allionia, genus allionia - small genus of chiefly American herbs
   • bougainvillaea, genus bougainvillaea, genus bougainvillea - ornamental tropical woody vines
   • genus mirabilis, mirabilis - four o'clocks
   • genus pisonia, pisonia - genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America
   belongs to: caryophyllales, chenopodiales, order caryophyllales, order-chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
   same as: allioniaceae, family allioniaceae, four-o'clock family, nyctaginaceae

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