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Caryophyllaceae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Caryophyllaceae - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)carnation family, family Caryophyllaceae, pink familycaryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersCaryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermaecaryophyllaceous plant - a plant of the family CaryophyllaceaeAgrostemma, genus Agrostemma - a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cocklesArenaria, genus Arenaria - sandwortsCerastium, genus Cerastium - mouse-eared chickweedDianthus, genus Dianthus - carnations and pinksgenus Drypis - one speciesgenus Gypsophila, Gypsophila - Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowersgenus Hernaria, Hernaria - low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leavesgenus Illecebrum, Illecebrum - one species: coral necklacegenus Lychnis - genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchflygenus Minuartia, Minuartia - mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandwortsgenus Moehringia, Moehringia - low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowersgenus Paronychia, Paronychia - low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowwortsgenus Petrocoptis, Petrocoptis - perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnisgenus Sagina, Sagina - small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regionsgenus Saponaria, Saponaria - mostly perennial Old World herbsgenus Scleranthus, Scleranthus - small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawelgenus Silene - large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchflygenus Spergula, Spergula - small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurrygenus Spergularia, Spergularia - chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurrygenus Stellaria, Stellaria - common chickweed; stitchwortgenus Vaccaria, Vaccaria - cow-cockles |
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae[¦kar·ē·ō·fə′lās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of dicotyledonous plants in the order Caryophyllales differing from the other families in lacking betalains. Caryophyllaceae a family of dicotyledonous plants consisting of herbs, more rarely semishrubs, and very rarely shrubs. Plants of the Caryophyllaceae family almost always have opposite, mostly sessile, entire, and usually narrow leaves. The blossoms are regular, generally bisexual, five-membered, and predominantly in dichasia. The ovary is superior; the fruit is a boll, or more rarely nutlike or berrylike. There are approximately 80 genera and 2,100 species, chiefly in the temperate zones of the northern hemisphere. In the USSR there are more than 40 genera and 675 species. The most widespread are Silene, Gypsophila, and Cerastium. Dianthuses, catchfly, Lychnis, and Saponaria are ornamentals. Some Caryophyllaceae are weeds—for example, corn cockle (poisonous), chickweed, spurry, and Spergularia. The subterranean organs of spiny-leaved plants, Saponaria, Gypsophila, and less often other Caryophyllaceae, which contain saponin, are used under the name “soaproot” in the manufacture of halvah and lemonade and for washing woolen and silk textiles. Some Caryophyllaceae are used in perfumery and medicine. REFERENCETakhtadzhian, A. L. Sistema i filogeniia tsvetkovykh rastenii. Moscow, 1966. Pages 159-61.M. E. KIRPICHNIKOV Caryophyllaceae
Related to Caryophyllaceae: Ranunculaceae, CaryophylleneSynonyms for Caryophyllaceaenoun large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)Synonyms- carnation family
- family Caryophyllaceae
- pink family
Related Words- caryophylloid dicot family
- Caryophyllales
- Chenopodiales
- order Caryophyllales
- order-Chenopodiales
- caryophyllaceous plant
- Agrostemma
- genus Agrostemma
- Arenaria
- genus Arenaria
- Cerastium
- genus Cerastium
- Dianthus
- genus Dianthus
- genus Drypis
- genus Gypsophila
- Gypsophila
- genus Hernaria
- Hernaria
- genus Illecebrum
- Illecebrum
- genus Lychnis
- genus Minuartia
- Minuartia
- genus Moehringia
- Moehringia
- genus Paronychia
- Paronychia
- genus Petrocoptis
- Petrocoptis
- genus Sagina
- Sagina
- genus Saponaria
- Saponaria
- genus Scleranthus
- Scleranthus
- genus Silene
- genus Spergula
- Spergula
- genus Spergularia
- Spergularia
- genus Stellaria
- Stellaria
- genus Vaccaria
- Vaccaria
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