Caryophyllales

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an order of plants which corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.

Thesaurus

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Caryophyllales - corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales plant order - the order of plants Caryophyllidae, subclass 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 carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes) Aizoaceae, carpetweed family, family Aizoaceae, family Tetragoniaceae, Tetragoniaceae - succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds amaranth family, Amaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae - cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs Batidaceae, family Batidaceae, saltwort family - family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts Chenopodiaceae, family Chenopodiaceae, goosefoot family - includes spinach and beets Allioniaceae, family Allioniaceae, family Nyctaginaceae, four-o'clock family, Nyctaginaceae - a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales family Phytolaccaceae, Phytolaccaceae, pokeweed family - chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma family Portulacaceae, Portulacaceae, purslane family - family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas