Caryophyllaceae

Translingual

Etymology

Caryophyllus (“former genus name, now mostly in Dianthus”) +‎ -aceae

Proper noun

Caryophyllaceae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – very many herbs and shrubs including the pinks, carnations and campions.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order

Hyponyms

• (family): Alsineae (in Alsinoideae); Caryophylleae, Sileneae, (in Caryophylloideae); Corrigioleae, Paronychieae, Polycarpeae (in Paronychioideae); Arenarieae, Eremogoneae, Sagineae, Sclerantheae, Sperguleae (unassigned to subfamily) – tribes
  • Acanthophyllum, Achyronychia, Agrostemma, Allochrusa, Alsinidendron, Ankyropetalum, Anychia, Arenaria, Bolanthus, Brachystemma, Brewerina, Bufonia, Cardionema, Cerastium, Cerdia, Chaetonychia, Colobanthus, Cometes, Cucubalus, Cyathophylla, Dianthus, Diaphanoptera, Dicheranthus, Drymaria (Tropical chickweed), Drypis, Geocarpon, Gymnocarpos, Gypsophila, Habrosia, Haya, Herniaria, Holosteum, Honckenya, Illecebrum, Kabulia, Krauseola, Lepyrodiclis, Lochia, Loeflingia, Lychnis, Mesostemma, Microphyes, Minuartia, Moehringia, Moenchia, Myosoton, Ochotonophila, Ortegia, Paronychia, Pentastemonodiscus, Petrocoptis, Petrorhagia, Philippiella, Phrynella, Pinosia, Pirinia, Pleioneura, Plettkea, Pollichia, Polycarpaea, Polycarpon, Polytepalum, Pseudostellaria, Pteranthus, Pycnophyllopsis, Pycnophyllum, Robbairea, Sagina, Sanctambrosia, Saponaria, Schiedea, Scleranthopsis, Scleranthus, Sclerocephalus, Scopulophila, Silene, Siphonychia, Spergula, Spergularia, Sphaerocoma, Stellaria, Stipulicida, Telephium, Thurya, Thylacospermum, Uebelinia, Vaccaria, Velezia, Viscaria, Wilhelmsia, Xerotia – genera

References

• Caryophyllaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Caryophyllaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Caryophyllaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Caryophyllaceae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Caryophyllaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Caryophyllaceae at APWeb
• Caryophyllaceae at Paleobiology Database