Caryophyllidae

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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 superordersubclass Caryophyllidaeclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orderscaryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowerscaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersclass Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; AsteridaeCaryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group CentrospermaeOpuntiales, order Opuntiales - coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses

Caryophyllidae

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Synonyms for Caryophyllidae

noun a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants)

Synonyms

subclass Caryophyllidae

Related Words

class
caryophylloid dicot family
caryophylloid dicot genus
class Dicotyledonae
class Dicotyledones
class Magnoliopsida
Dicotyledonae
Dicotyledones
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Chenopodiales
order Caryophyllales
order-Chenopodiales
Opuntiales
order Opuntiales