Caryophyllales facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Caryophyllales |
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Caryophyllales
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Caryophyllineae |
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Centrospermae |
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Caryophyllales is a flowering plant order that includes the cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, and most carnivorous plants. Many members are succulent, having fleshy stems or leaves.
Classification
- Order Caryophyllales
- Family Achatocarpaceae
- Family Aizoaceae
- Family Amaranthaceae
- Family Ancistrocladaceae
- Family Asteropeiaceae
- Family Basellaceae
- Family Cactaceae
- Family Caryophyllaceae
- Family Didiereaceae
- Family Dioncophyllaceae
- Family Droseraceae
- Family Drosophyllaceae
- Family Frankeniaceae
- Family Molluginaceae
- Family Nepenthaceae
- Family Nyctaginaceae
- Family Physenaceae
- Family Phytolaccaceae
- Family Plumbaginaceae
- Family Polygonaceae
- Family Portulacaceae
- Family Rhabdodendraceae
- Family Sarcobataceae
- Family Simmondsiaceae
- Family Stegnospermataceae
- Family Tamaricaceae
Images for kids
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Cactaceae native to the middle region of South America, at Marsh Botanical Garden. Cactaceae are a plant family, under the order Caryophyllales.
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Cactaceaeː Gymnocalycium Matoensea at Yale's Marsh Botanical Garden.
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Carnegiea gigantea
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Sweet William Dwarf from the family Caryophyllaceae
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A flower of Dianthus
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Chenopodium album
See also
In Spanish: Caryophyllales para niños
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