Family

Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)

Moehringia macrophylla. Photo: (c) edgeplot, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactaceae, and Polygonaceae. It is a large family, with 81 genera and about 2,625 known species.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks, cactuses, and allies)
        Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
        Tribe: Sagineae (2)
        Tribe: Polycarpeae (1)
        Tribe: Alsineae (1)
        Tribe: Sperguleae (1)
        Tribe: Arenarieae (Sandworts) (1)
        Subfamily: Caryophylloideae (8)

Subtaxa

Tribe: Sagineae

Tribe: Polycarpeae

Tribe: Alsineae

Tribe: Sperguleae

Tribe: Arenarieae (Sandworts)

Subfamily: Caryophylloideae

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