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 superorder
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| Caryophyllidae |
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| subclass Caryophyllidae |
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member meronym
caryophylloid dicot family
caryophylloid dicot genus
Caryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales
Opuntiales, order Opuntiales
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