subclass caryophyllidae

1. 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 orders
   member 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; Asteridae
   same as: caryophyllidae

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