pinks, cactuses, and allies
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales (/ˌkærioʊfiˈleɪliːz/ kair-ee-uu-fil-LAY-leez) is an order of flowering plants that includes the cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, beets, and many carnivorous plants. Many members are succulent, having fleshy stems or leaves.
38 branches of this order, most-observed first
knotweed family
familyPolygonaceae
pink family
familyCaryophyllaceae
cacti
familyCactaceae
Amaranth family
familyAmaranthaceae
four o'clock family
familyNyctaginaceae
Stone plants
familyAizoaceae
Pussypaw Family
familyMontiaceae
Pokeweed Family
familyPhytolaccaceae
plumbago family
familyPlumbaginaceae
Sundew Family
familyDroseraceae
purslane family
familyPortulacaceae
tamarisk family
familyTamaricaceae
Petiveria Family
familyPetiveriaceae
didierea family
familyDidiereaceae
Fameflower Family
familyTalinaceae
Carpetweed Family
familyMolluginaceae
Old World pitcher plants
familyNepenthaceae
Sea Heath Family
familyFrankeniaceae
Basella Family
familyBasellaceae
Jojoba Family
familySimmondsiaceae
Greasewood Family
familySarcobataceae
Anacampseros Family
familyAnacampserotaceae
Limeum Family
familyLimeaceae
achatocarpus family
familyAchatocarpaceae
Saltsorrel Family
familyKewaceae
Stegnosperma Family
familyStegnospermataceae
Gisekia Family
familyGisekiaceae
Drosophyllum Family
familyDrosophyllaceae
Lophiocarpus Family
familyLophiocarpaceae
Macarthuria Family
familyMacarthuriaceae
Ancistrocladus Family
familyAncistrocladaceae
microtea family
familyMicroteaceae
Asteropeia Family
familyAsteropeiaceae
Halophytum Family
familyHalophytaceae
Physena Family
familyPhysenaceae
Rhabdodendron Family
familyRhabdodendraceae
Dioncophyllum Family
familyDioncophyllaceae
Barbeuia Family
familyBarbeuiaceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Caryophyllales in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47366.