Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s. It is included in the

dicotyledon The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, ...

order

Caryophyllales Caryophyllales ( ) is a diverse and heterogeneous order of flowering plants with well-known members including cacti, carnations, beets, quinoa, spinach, amaranths, pigfaces and ice plants, oraches and saltbushes, goosefoots, sundews, Venu ...

in the

APG III system The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). Published in 2009, it was superseded in 2016 by a f ...

, alongside 33 other families, including

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae ( ) is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus '' Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, maki ...

Cactaceae A cactus (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, ...

, and

Polygonaceae The Polygonaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants known Common name, informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The Botanical name, name is Basionym, based on the genus ''Polygonum'', ...

. It is a large family, with 81

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

and about 2,625 known

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

. This

cosmopolitan family In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and envi ...

of mostly

herbaceous plant Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition o ...

s is best represented in temperate climates, with a few species growing on tropical mountains. Some of the more commonly known members include pinks and carnations (''

Dianthus ''Dianthus'' ( ) is a genus of about 340 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species in north Africa and in southern Africa, and one species (''D. repens'') in arctic North Am ...

''), and firepink and campions (''

Silene ''Silene'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Containing nearly 900 species, it is the largest genus in the family. Common names include campion and catchfly. Many ''Silene'' species are widely distributed, particularl ...

''). Many

are grown as

ornamental plant Ornamental plants or ''garden plants'' are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars th ...

s, and some species are widespread

weed A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, growing where it conflicts with human preferences, needs, or goals.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. Pla ...

s. Most species grow in the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...

and bordering regions of

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

and

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

. The number of genera and species in the Southern Hemisphere is rather small, although the family does contain

Antarctic pearlwort ''Colobanthus quitensis'', also known as the Antarctic pearlwort, is one of two native flowering plants found in the Antarctic region, the other being Deschampsia antarctica, Antarctic hair grass. It has yellow flowers and grows about tall, givi ...

(''Colobanthus quitensis''),

the world's southernmost The most south South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto ...

dicot, which is one of only two flowering plants found in

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

. The name comes from ''Caryophyllus'', an obsolete synonym of ''

''.

Description

Despite its size and the somewhat doubtful mutual relationships, this family is rather uniform and easily recognizable. Most are herbaceous annuals or

perennials In horticulture, the term perennial ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. It has thus been defined as a plant that lives more than 2 years. The term is also ...

, dying off above ground each year. A few species are shrubs or small trees, such as some ''

Acanthophyllum ''Acanthophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with about 75 species, spread in the Irano-Turanian area. Description Small, shrubby perennial plants with spiny leaves. Flowers white or pink, sessile in solitary ...

'' species. Most plants are non-

succulent In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...

; i.e. having no fleshy stems or leaves. The nodes on the stem are swollen. The leaves are almost always opposite, rarely whorled. The blades are entire, petiolate, and often stipulate. These

stipule In botany, a stipule is an outgrowth typically borne on both sides (sometimes on just one side) of the base of a leafstalk (the petiole (botany), petiole). They are primarily found among dicots and rare among monocots. Stipules are considered part ...

s are not sheath-forming. The bisexual

flower Flowers, also known as blooms and blossoms, are the reproductive structures of flowering plants ( angiosperms). Typically, they are structured in four circular levels, called whorls, around the end of a stalk. These whorls include: calyx, m ...

s are terminal, blooming singly or branched or forked in cymes. The inflorescence is usually dichasial at least in the lower parts, which means that in the axil of each peduncle (primary flower stalk) of the terminal flower in the cyme, two new single-flower branches sprout up on each side of and below the first flower. If the terminal flowers are absent, then this can lead to monochasia, i.e. a monoparous cyme with a single flower on each axis of the

inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...

. In the extreme, this leads to a single flower, such as in '' Githago'' or '' Arenaria''. The flowers are regular and mostly with five

petal Petals are modified leaves that form an inner whorl surrounding the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly coloured or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''corol ...

s and five

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 Etymology The term ''sepalum'' ...

s, but sometimes with four petals. The sepals may be free from one another or united. The petals may be entire, fringed or deeply cleft. The calyx may be cylindrically inflated, as in ''Silene''. The

stamen The stamen (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of a flower. Collectively, the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament ...

s number five or 10 (or more rarely four or eight), and are mostly isomerous with the perianth. The superior gynoecium has two to five

carpel Gynoecium (; ; : gynoecia) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The gynoecium is the innermost whorl of a flower; it consists of (one or more ...

s (members of a compound pistil) and is syncarpous; i.e. with these carpels united in a compound ovary. This

ovary The ovary () is a gonad in the female reproductive system that produces ova; when released, an ovum travels through the fallopian tube/ oviduct into the uterus. There is an ovary on the left and the right side of the body. The ovaries are end ...

has one chamber inside the ovary. The

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...

may be a utricle with a single seed or a capsule containing several seeds.

Systematics

Currently,

and Caryophyllaceae are sister groups and considered closely related. Formerly, Caryophyllaceae were considered the sister family to all of the remaining members of the suborder

Caryophyllineae Caryophyllineae is a suborder of flowering plants. Systematics Caryophyllales is separated into 2 sub-orders: Caryophyllineae and Polygonineae. Caryophyllineae contains 21 families and 8,600 species and major families include Aizoaceae, Basella ...

because they have

anthocyanins Anthocyanins (), also called anthocyans, are water-soluble vacuolar pigments that, depending on their pH, may appear red, purple, blue, or black. In 1835, the German pharmacist Ludwig Clamor Marquart named a chemical compound that gives flow ...

, and not

betalain Betalains are a class of red and yellow tyrosine-derived pigments found in plants of the order Caryophyllales, where they replace anthocyanin pigments. Betalains also occur in some higher order fungi. They are most often noticeable in the petals o ...

pigments. However,

cladistic Cladistics ( ; from Ancient Greek 'branch') is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized in groups ("clades") based on hypotheses of most recent common ancestry. The evidence for hypothesized relationships is ...

analyses indicate Caryophyllaceae evolved from ancestors that contained betalain, reinforcing betalain as an accurate

synapomorphy In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel Phenotypic trait, character or character state that has evolution, evolved from its ancestral form (or Plesiomorphy and symplesiomorphy, plesiomorphy). A synapomorphy is an apomorphy sh ...

of the suborder. This family is traditionally divided in three subfamilies: * Alsinoideae: no stipules, petals not united * Silenoideae: no stipules, petals united * Paronychioideae: fleshy stipules, petals separate or united The last, however, are a basal

grade Grade most commonly refers to: * Grading in education, a measurement of a student's performance by educational assessment (e.g. A, pass, etc.) * A designation for students, classes and curricula indicating the number of the year a student has reach ...

of rather primitive members of this family, not closely related, but simply retaining many

plesiomorph In phylogenetics, a plesiomorphy ("near form") and symplesiomorphy are synonyms for an ancestral Phenotypic trait, character shared by all members of a clade, which does not distinguish the clade from other clades. Plesiomorphy, symplesiomorph ...

ic traits. Instead of a subfamily, most ought to be treated as genera ''

incertae sedis or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...

'', but ''

Corrigiola ''Corrigiola'', the strapworts, are a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a highly disjunct distribution in Mexico, South America, southern and eastern Africa, Madagascar, northwestern Africa, Europe and western Asia. To ...

'' and ''

Telephium ''Telephium'' are a genus of flowering plants in the family Molluginaceae or Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicoty ...

'' might warrant recognition as Corrigioleae. The Alsinoideae, on the other hand, seem to form two distinct

clade In biology, a clade (), also known as a Monophyly, monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that is composed of a common ancestor and all of its descendants. Clades are the fundamental unit of cladistics, a modern approach t ...

s, perhaps less some misplaced genera. Finally, the Silenoideae appear

monophyletic In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria: # the grouping contains its own most recent co ...

at least for the most part, if some of the taxa misplaced in Alsinoideae are moved there; it may be that the name Caryophylloideae would apply for the revised delimitation. However,

hybrid Hybrid may refer to: Science * Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding ** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species ** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two diff ...

ization between many members of this family is rampant—particularly in the Silenoideae/Caryophylloideae—and some of the lineages of descent have been found to be highly complicated and do not readily yield to

analysis.

Genera

105 genera are accepted.''Caryophyllaceae'' Juss.
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'' * '' Achyronychia'' – onyxflower, frost-mat * ''

Agrostemma ''Agrostemma'' is a genus of annual plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, containing the species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can prod ...

'' – corncockles * '' Arenaria'' – sandworts * ''

Atocion ''Atocion'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyl ...

'' * ''

Augustea ''for the type foundry and typeface, see Nebiolo Printech'' ''Augustea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family (biology), famil ...

'' * '' Balkana'' * ''

Baretia ''Baretia lanata'' is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. it is a subshrub endemic to central Chile Central Chile (''Zona central'') is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental ...

'' * '' Bolanthus'' * '' Brachystemma'' * '' Bufonia'' * '' Cardionema'' * ''

Cerastium ''Cerastium'' is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. They are commonly called mouse-ears or mouse-ear chickweeds. There are 214 accepted species, found nearly worldwide but wi ...

'' – mouse-ear chickweeds * '' Cerdia'' * ''

Chaetonychia ''Chaetonychia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species ''Chaetonychia cymosa''. Its native range is the western Mediterranean. References

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'' * ''

Cherleria ''Cherleria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found in the Arctic and mountain areas of the northern hemisphere. Its center of diversity is the Balkans. The species shows ecological differentiation and multiple colon ...

'' * '' Colobanthus'' – pearlworts * ''

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'' * ''

'' – strapworts * '' Cyathophylla'' * ''

'' – carnations and pinks * '' Dicheranthus'' * '' Dichodon'' * '' Drymaria'' * '' Drypis'' * ''

Engellaria ''Engellaria obtusa'' (synonym ''Stellaria obtusa'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names Rocky Mountain chickweed, blunt-sepaled starwort, and obtuse starwort. It is the sole species in genus '' ...

'' * '' Eremogone'' * '' Eudianthe'' * ''

Facchinia ''Facchinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pink and carnation family Caryophyllaceae, native to the Pyrenees and the Alps. Many species in this genus were previously placed in ''Minuartia ''Minuartia'' is a genus of flowering plants c ...

'' * '' Geocarpon'' * '' Gymnocarpos'' * ''

Gypsophila ''Gypsophila'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. They are native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.Gypsophiloides'' * '' Habrosia'' * '' Hartmaniella'' * '' Haya'' * '' Heliosperma'' * ''

Herniaria ''Herniaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae known generally as ruptureworts. They are native to Eurasia and Africa but several species have been widely introduced to other continents. These are flat, mat-forming ann ...

'' – ruptureworts * '' Hesperostellaria'' * ''

Heterochroa ''Heterochroa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon ...

'' * ''

Himgiria ''Himgiria compressa'' is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. It is included in the dico ...

'' * '' Holosteum'' – jagged chickweeds * ''

Honckenya ''Honckenya peploides'', the sea sandwort (UK) or seaside sandplant (Canada), is the only species in the genus ''Honckenya'' of the plant family Caryophyllaceae. Other common names include sea chickweed, sea pimpernal, sea-beach sandwort, and sea ...

'' * ''

Illecebrum ''Illecebrum'' is a monotypic genus in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains the single species ''Illecebrum verticillatum'', which is a trailing annual plant native to Europe, with whorls of small white flowers borne in the axils of the paired ...

'' * '' Kabulia'' * '' Krauseola'' * '' Lepyrodiclis'' * '' Loeflingia'' * '' Maguirellaria'' * '' Mcneillia'' * '' Mesostemma'' * ''

Microphyes ''Microphyes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It includes three species of annuals native to northern and central Chile and northeastern Argentina. *'' Microphyes litoralis'' – northern Chile *'' Mic ...

'' * ''

Minuartia ''Minuartia'' is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sandworts in the family Caryophyllaceae. Minuartias are small annual or perennial plants which grow in otherwise inhospitable conditions such as on rocky ledges and in stony soil. S ...

'' – sandworts, stitchworts * '' Minuartiella'' * ''

Moehringia ''Moehringia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae.Volker Bittrich. 1993. "Caryophyllaceae" In: Klaus Kubitzki. ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants''. volume II, pages 206-236. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg ...

'' – sandworts * '' Moenchia'' – upright chickweeds * ''

Nubelaria ''Nubelaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It includes three species native to north-central and southern China, Taiwan, and Japan. *'' Nubelaria arisanensis'' – Taiwan *'' Nubelaria diversiflora'' ...

'' (previously part of ''Stellaria'') * ''

Odontostemma ''Odontostemma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It includes 61 species native to the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau, including parts of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, and China. Species 61 speci ...

'' * '' Ortegia'' * ''

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'' – chickweeds * '' Pentastemonodiscus'' * '' Petroana'' * '' Petrocoptis'' * ''

Petrorhagia ''Petrorhagia'' is a small genus of annual and perennial plants of the family Caryophyllaceae, mostly native to the Mediterranean region. It is low-growing with wiry stems and narrow, grass-like leaves. The flowers are small, in clusters simil ...

'' * '' Philippiella'' * '' Phrynella'' * '' Pirinia'' * ''

Pollichia ''Pollichia campestris'', commonly known as waxberry or barley sugar bush, is a herbaceous plant in the family Caryophyllaceae and the only species in the monotypic genus ''Pollichia''. It is found in southern and eastern Africa and in the Arabia ...

'' * ''

Polycarpaea ''Polycarpaea'' is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains 79 species native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa and Madagascar, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, the Phili ...

'' * '' Polycarpon'' * '' Polytepalum'' * ''

Psammophiliella ''Psammophiliella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyle ...

'' * ''

Psammosilene ''Psammosilene tunicoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It is the sole species in the genus ''Psammosilene''. It is a perennial native to southeastern Tibet and southwestern Sichuan, Yunnan, and weste ...

'' * ''

Pseudocherleria ''Pseudocherleria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyled ...

'' * ''

Pseudostellaria ''Pseudostellaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Most of the 20 species occur in Asia. They are similar to ''Stellaria'', differing in the morphology Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may r ...

'' * '' Pteranthus'' * '' Pycnophyllopsis'' * '' Pycnophyllum'' * ''

Rabelera ''Rabelera holostea'', known as greater stitchwort, greater starwort, and addersmeat, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It was formerly placed in the genus ''Stellaria'', as ''Stellaria holostea'', but was t ...

'' * '' Reicheella'' * ''

Rhodalsine ''Rhodalsine geniculata'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Rhodalsine''. Its native range is the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Basin (northern Africa, Iberia, Italy, ...

'' * '' Sabulina'' * ''

Sagina ''Sagina'' (like '' Colobanthus'' called "pearlworts") is a genus of 20–30 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. These are flowering herbs native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere extending south to tropical ...

'' – pearlworts * '' Saponaria'' – soapworts * ''

Schiedea ''Schiedea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains 35 species which are endemic to Hawaii. The 35th species was spotted in 2016 by Tom DeMent while surveying a forest near Laupāhoehoe on Hawai‘i Island. It ...

'' * ''

Schizotechium ''Schizotechium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledo ...

'' * '' Scleranthus'' – knawels * '' Scopulophila'' * '' Selleola'' * '' Shivparvatia'' * ''

'' – campions, catchflies * ''

Spergula ''Spergula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Their usual English name is spurry or spurrey. It includes 10 species native to portions of South America, Africa, and Eurasia. They are commonly found in grassland ...

'' – spurreys * ''

Spergularia ''Spergularia'' is a genus in the family Caryophyllaceae, containing salt-tolerant plants known as sandspurrys (or sandspurries) and sea-spurreys. There are about 60 species. Selected species * '' Spergularia azorica'' – endemic to the archipe ...

'' – sea-spurreys * '' Sphaerocoma'' * ''

Stellaria ''Stellaria'' is a genus of about 190 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include starwort, stitchwort and chickweed. Description ''Stellaria'' species are relatively small ...

'' – chickweeds, stitchworts * '' Stipulicida'' * ''

'' * '' Thurya'' * ''

Thylacospermum ''Thylacospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Its native range is Central Asia to Central China and Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya ( ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains o ...

'' * ''

Torreyostellaria ''Torreyostellaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species ''Torreyostellaria jamesiana'', commonly known as tuber starwort and sticky starwort, It is native to muc ...

'' * ''

Triplateia ''Triplateia moehringioides'' is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Triplateia''. It is an annual or subshrub A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or undershrub is either a sma ...

'' * ''

Viscaria ''Viscaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, Kazakhstan, and western Siberia. Molecular studies attempting to resolve relationships in the tribe Sileneae have found that ...

'' * '' Wilhelmsia'' * '' Xerotia'' * ''

Yazdana ''Yazdana shirkuhensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to Iran. It is the sole species in genus ''Yazdana''.Dadjoua'' described in 1960 in Fl. Iran and accepted by

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References

External links

* * Plant Life Forms * * {{Authority control Caryophyllales families