Caryophyllales

Caryophyllales

Caryophyllales (<a href="/en/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English" class="wl">/ˌkæri.oʊfɪˈleɪliːz/</a> <a href="/en/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key" class="wl">KARR-ee-oh-fih-LAY-leez</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ClarkeLee2003-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a> is a diverse and heterogeneous <a href="/en/Order_(biology)" title="Order (biology)" class="wl">order</a> of <a href="/en/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant" class="wl">flowering plants</a> that includes the <a href="/en/Cactus" title="Cactus" class="wl">cacti</a>, <a href="/en/Dianthus" title="Dianthus" class="wl">carnations</a>, <a href="/en/Amaranth" title="Amaranth" class="wl">amaranths</a>, <a href="/en/Aizoaceae" title="Aizoaceae" class="wl">ice plants</a>, <a href="/en/Beta_(plant)" title="Beta (plant)" class="wl">beets</a>, and many <a href="/en/Carnivorous_plant" title="Carnivorous plant" class="wl">carnivorous plants</a>. Many members are <a href="/en/Succulent_plant" title="Succulent plant" class="wl">succulent</a>, having fleshy <a href="/en/Plant_stem" title="Plant stem" class="wl">stems</a> or <a href="/en/Leaf" title="Leaf" class="wl">leaves</a>. The <a href="/en/Betalain" title="Betalain" class="wl">betalain</a> pigments are unique in plants of this order and occur in all its families with the exception of <a href="/en/Caryophyllaceae" title="Caryophyllaceae" class="wl">Caryophyllaceae</a> and <a href="/en/Molluginaceae" title="Molluginaceae" class="wl">Molluginaceae</a>. <a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;">[3]</a>

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<td>Kingdom:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Plant" title="Plant" class="wl">Plantae</a></td></tr>
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<td><a href="/en/Vascular_plant" title="Vascular plant" class="wl">Tracheophytes</a></td></tr>
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<td><a href="/en/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant" class="wl">Angiosperms</a></td></tr>
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<td><a href="/en/Eudicots" title="Eudicots" class="wl">Eudicots</a></td></tr>
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<td><a href="/en/Superasterids" title="Superasterids" class="wl">Superasterids</a></td></tr>
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<td><a href="/en/Caryophyllales" title="Caryophyllales" class="wl">Caryophyllales</a> <a href="/en/Antoine_Laurent_de_Jussieu" title="Antoine Laurent de Jussieu" class="wl">Juss.</a> ex <a href="/en/Friedrich_von_Berchtold" title="Friedrich von Berchtold" class="wl">Bercht.</a> &amp; <a href="/en/Jan_Svatopluk_Presl" title="Jan Svatopluk Presl" class="wl">J.Presl</a><a href="#cite_note-APGIII2009-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a></td></tr>



































































































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<a href="/en/Caryophyllineae" title="Caryophyllineae" class="wl">Caryophyllineae</a> 
Polygonineae 
<a href="/en/Portulacineae" title="Portulacineae" class="wl">Portulacineae</a></td></tr>














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