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
• Syn:
subclass Caryophyllidae
• Hypernyms:
class
• Member Holonyms:
Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida
• Member Meronyms:
caryophylloid dicot family, caryophylloid dicot genus, Caryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales,
order-Chenopodiales, Opuntiales, order Opuntiales
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