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Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a
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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, 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, making i ...
, Cactaceae, and Polygonaceae. It is a large family, with 81 genera and about 2,625 known
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. This cosmopolitan family of mostly
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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 A ...
''), and firepink and campions ('' Lychnis'' and '' Silene''). Many
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are grown as ornamental plants, and some species are widespread
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s. Most species grow in the
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and bordering regions of
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. The number of genera and species in the Southern Hemisphere is rather small, although the family does contain Antarctic pearlwort (''Colobanthus quitensis''), the world's southernmost dicot, which is one of only two flowering plants found in
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. The name comes from ''Caryophyllus'', an obsolete synonym of ''
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 A ...
''.


Description

Despite its size and the somewhat doubtful mutual relationships, this family is rather uniform and easily recognizable. Most are herbaceous annuals or perennials, dying off above ground each year. A few species are shrubs or small trees, such as some ''
Acanthophyllum ''Acanthophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plant 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 o ...
'' species. Most plants are non- succulent; 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). Stipules are considered part of the anatomy of the leaf of a typical flowering plant, although in many speci ...
s are not sheath-forming. The hermaphroditic
flower A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism ...
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 An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed ...
. 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 surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''corolla''. Petals are usuall ...
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 The term ''sepalum'' was coined ...
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 (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filam ...
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
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s (members of a compound pistil) and is syncarpous; i.e. with these carpels united in a compound ovary. This ovary has one chamber inside the ovary. The
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may be a utricle with a single seed or a capsule containing several seeds.


Systematics

Currently,
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, making i ...
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 because they have anthocyanins, and not betalain pigments. However, cladistic analyses indicate Caryophyllaceae evolved from ancestors that contained betalain, reinforcing betalain as an accurate
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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
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grade of rather primitive members of this family, not closely related, but simply retaining many plesiomorphic traits. Instead of a subfamily, most ought to be treated as genera ''
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'', 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, found in Mediterranean parts of Europe, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and western Asia. They are annual or perennial herbs, sometimes becoming woody at ...
'' might warrant recognition as Corrigioleae. The Alsinoideae, on the other hand, seem to form two distinct clades, perhaps less some misplaced genera. Finally, the Silenoideae appear
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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, hybridization 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 cladistic analysis.


Genera

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Acanthophyllum ''Acanthophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plant 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 o ...
'' * ''
Achyronychia ''Achyronychia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant containing the single species ''Achyronychia cooperi'', which is known by the common names onyxflower and frost-mat. This plant is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of northern Me ...
'' – onyxflower, frost-mat * '' Agrostemma'' – corncockles * '' Allochrusa'' * ''
Alsinidendron ''Alsinidendron'' is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, whose species are often included in the genus ''Schiedea''. There are four species, all federally listed endangered species endemic to Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii ...
'' * '' Ankyropetalum'' * '' Arenaria'' – sandworts * ''
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'' * '' Bolanthus'' * '' Bolbosaponaria'' * '' Brachystemma'' * ''
Bufonia ''Bufonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Its native range is Macaronesia, Europe, Mediterranean to Central Asia. Species: *''Bufonia anatolica'' *'' Bufonia calderae'' *'' Bufonia calyculata'' ...
'' * ''
Cardionema ''Cardionema'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Its native range is Western North America to Chile. Species: *'' Cardionema andina'' *'' Cardionema burkartii'' *'' Cardionema camphorosmoides'' *'' Ca ...
'' * '' Cerastium'' – mouse-ear chickweeds * ''
Cerdia ''Cerdia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Its native range is Mexico. Species: * ''Cerdia virescens'' Moc. & Sessé ex DC. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15941104 Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae g ...
'' * '' Colobanthus'' – pearlworts * ''
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'' * ''
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 ...
'' – strapworts * ''
Cucubalus ''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 ...
'' * '' Cyathophylla'' * ''
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 A ...
'' – carnations and pinks * ''
Diaphanoptera ''Acanthophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plant 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 o ...
'' * ''
Dicheranthus ''Dicheranthus'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. The only species is ''Dicheranthus plocamoides''. Its native range is Canary Islands. References

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Drymaria ''Drymaria'' is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains many species including these from northeastern Mexico: *'' Drymaria coahuilana'' *''Drymaria cordata ''Drymaria cordata'', the tropical chickweed, West Indian chickw ...
'' * ''
Drypis ''Drypis'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Caryophyllaceae. Species * '' Drypis jacquiniana'' Murb.et Wettst. * ''Drypis spinosa ''Drypis spinosa'' is a flowering plant species in the family Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, common ...
'' * '' Eremogone'' * ''
Eudianthe ''Eudianthe'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in ...
'' * ''
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 ''Geocarpon'' is a monotypic genusUSFWSThreatened status for ''Geocarpon minimum''.''Federal Register'' June 16, 1987.USFWS''Geocarpon minimum'' Five-year Review.July 2009.Graecobolanthus ''Graecobolanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyl ...
'' * '' 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.Habrosia ''Habrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales i ...
'' * ''
Haya Haya may refer to: Biology * ''Haya'' (dinosaur), a genus of basal ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous from Mongolia * ''Haya'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae * Haya de Herguijuela (Spanish: beech ...
'' *'' Heliosperma'' * '' Herniaria'' – ruptureworts * '' 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 taxon, 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 ax ...
'' * '' Kabulia'' * ''
Krauseola ''Krauseola'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Kenya, Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal(in South Africa). The genus name of ''Krauseola'' is in honour of Johannes Krause (1900–1979), a German b ...
'' * '' Kuhitangia'' * '' Lepyrodiclis'' * '' Lochia'' * ''
Loeflingia Loeflingia is a genus of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae occurring in North America, Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia. Plants of the genus bear bristle-like stipules, as well as axillary, sessile flowers with awned sepals and n ...
'' * '' Lychnis'' – campions, catchflies * ''
Melandrium ''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 ...
'' * ''
Mesostemma ''Mesostemma'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Its native range is Eastern Turkey to Southwestern Siberia and Himalaya. Species: *''Mesostemma alexeenkoanum'' *''Mesostemma gypsophiloides'' *''Mesostem ...
'' * '' Microphyes'' * '' Minuartia'' – sandworts, stitchworts * '' Moehringia'' – sandworts * '' Moenchia'' – upright chickweeds * ''
Myosoton ''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 sm ...
'' * '' Ochotonophila'' * '' Ortegia'' * '' Paronychia'' – chickweeds * ''
Pentastemonodiscus ''Pentastemonodiscus'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. The only species is ''Pentastemonodiscus monochlamydeus''. Its native range is Afghanistan. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15941271 Car ...
'' * ''
Petroana ''Petroana'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales i ...
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Petrocoptis ''Petrocoptis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Its native range is Pyrenees to Northern Spain. Species Species: *''Petrocoptis crassifolia'' *''Petrocoptis glaucifolia'' *''Petrocoptis grandiflora'' * ...
'' * '' Petrorhagia'' (previously known as ''Tunica'') * '' Philippiella'' * ''
Phrynella ''Phrynella'' is a genus of frogs in the family Microhylidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, ''Phrynella pulchra''. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moi ...
'' * '' Pinosia'' * ''
Pirinia ''Pirinia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. The only species is ''Pirinia koenigii''. Its native range is Southeastern Europe. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15941276 Caryophyllaceae Monoty ...
'' * '' Pleioneura'' * '' Plettkia'' * ''
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 Arabi ...
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Polycarpaea ''Polycarpaea'' is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. The genus was named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1792. Molecular phylogenetic analysis showed that the genus is polyphyletic and needs to be redefined. It falls into three di ...
'' * ''
Polycarpon ''Polycarpon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. They are known generally as manyseeds. There are roughly 9 to 15 species, representing most continents. The best-known species is perhaps ''Polycarpon tetraphyllum'', wh ...
'' * ''
Polytepalum ''Polytepalum'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Its native range is Angola. Species: * '' Polytepalum angolense'' Suess. & Beyerle References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15941297 Caryophyllaceae Caryophyll ...
'' * ''
Psammophiliella ''Psammophiliella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It has only one species, ''Psammophiliella muralis'' (synonym ''Gypsophila muralis''), known as annual gypsophila, cushion baby's-breath and low baby's-breath, an a ...
'' * ''
Pseudostellaria ''Pseudostellaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. There are up to 20 species, most of which occur in Asia. They are similar to '' Stellaria'', differing in the morphology Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "st ...
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Pteranthus ''Pteranthus'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. The only species is ''Pteranthus dichotomus''. Its native range is Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known info ...
'' * ''
Pycnophyllopsis ''Pycnophyllopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Its native range is Peru to Argentina. Species: *''Pycnophyllopsis cryptantha'' *''Pycnophyllopsis keraiopetala'' *''Pycnophyllopsis laevis'' *''Pycn ...
'' * ''
Pycnophyllum ''Pycnophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Its native range is western South America to north-western Argentina. Species: *''Pycnophyllum argentinum'' *''Pycnophyllum aristatum'' *''Pycnophyllu ...
'' * '' Reicheella'' * '' Sabulina'' * '' Sagina'' – pearlworts * '' Sanctambrosia'' * '' Saponaria'' – soapworts * '' Schiedea'' * '' Scleranthopsis'' * ''
Scleranthus ''Scleranthus'', the knawels, are a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Selected species *''Scleranthus annuus ''Scleranthus annuus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common na ...
'' – knawels * '' Sclerocephalus'' * ''
Scopulophila ''Scopulophila'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the pink family. Rockwort is a common name for plants in this genus. Species *'' Scopulophila parryi'' - native to Mexico *'' Scopulophila rixfordii'' - native to California and Nevada ...
'' * ''
Selleola ''Selleola'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. The only species is ''Selleola ekmaniana''. Its native range is Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ...
'' * '' Silene'' – campions, catchflies * '' Spergula'' – spurreys * '' Spergularia'' – sea-spurreys * ''
Sphaerocoma ''Sphaerocoma'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. The only species is ''Sphaerocoma hookeri''. Its native range is Egypt to Northeastern Tropical Africa (Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia), Sinai Peni ...
'' * '' Stellaria'' – chickweeds, stitchworts * ''
Stipulicida ''Stipulicida'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Its native range is Southeastern US, Cuba. Species: *'' Stipulicida lacerata'' *'' Stipulicida setacea'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15941353 Cary ...
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Thurya ''Thurya'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. It only contains one known species, Thurya capitata Boiss. & Balansa It is native to Turkey. The genus name of ''Thurya'' is in honour of Jean Marc A ...
'' * ''
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 plai ...
'' * ''
Uebelinia ''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 ...
'' * ''
Vaccaria ''Vaccaria'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae containing the single species ''Vaccaria hispanica''. It is known by several common names including cowherb, cowcockle, cow basil, cow soapwort, and prairie car ...
'' * ''
Velezia ''Velezia'' is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Species ''The Plant List The Plant List was a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launch ...
'' * '' Wilhelmsia'' * '' Xerotia''


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Family Caryophyllaceae - Pink
Plant Life Forms {{Taxonbar, from=Q25995 Caryophyllales families