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Caryophyllales 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 19520

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Polygonales
 
    Plumbaginales
 
    Nepenthales
 
    Aizoales
 
    Alsinales
 
    Amaranthales
 
    Ancistrocladales
 
    Atriplicales
 
    Cactales
 
    Chenopodiales
 
    Dioncophyllales
 
    Droserales
 
    Frankeniales
 
    Illecebrales
 
    Mesembryanthemales
 
    Nyctaginales
 
    Opuntiales
 
    Paronychiales
 
    Petiveriales
 
    Physenales
 
    Phytolaccales
 
    Portulacales
 
    Reaumuriales
 
    Rhabdodendrales
 
    Riviniales
 
    Scleranthales
 
    Silenales
 
    Simmondsiales
 
    Staticales
 
    Stellariales
 
    Tamaricales
 
    Telephiales
 
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderCaryophyllanae   
                         OrderCaryophyllales   
    Direct Children:  
                            FamilyAchatocarpaceae   
                            FamilyAizoaceae  – ice plants, fig-marigold, iceplants 
                            FamilyAmaranthaceae  – pigweed, amaranthes 
                            FamilyAnacampserotaceae   
                            FamilyAncistrocladaceae   
                            FamilyAsteropeiaceae   
                            FamilyBarbeuiaceae   
                            FamilyBasellaceae   
                            FamilyCactaceae Juss. – cactus, cacti 
                            FamilyCaryophyllaceae  – pinks, cariophyllacées 
                            FamilyDidiereaceae   
                            FamilyDioncophyllaceae   
                            FamilyDroseraceae  – sundews 
                            FamilyDrosophyllaceae   
                            FamilyFrankeniaceae  – frankenias, seaheath 
                            FamilyGisekiaceae   
                            FamilyHalophytaceae   
                            FamilyLimeaceae   
                            FamilyLophiocarpaceae   
                            FamilyMicroteaceae   
                            FamilyMolluginaceae  – carpetweeds, carpet-weeds 
                            FamilyMontiaceae   
                            FamilyNepenthaceae  – pitcher plants, pitcherplants 
                            FamilyNyctaginaceae  – four o'clocks, nyctaginacées 
                            FamilyPhysenaceae   
                            FamilyPhytolaccaceae  – pokeweed 
                            FamilyPlumbaginaceae  – leadwort 
                            FamilyPolygonaceae  – knotweed, renouées, buckwheat 
                            FamilyPortulacaceae  – purslane, pourpiers 
                            FamilyRhabdodendraceae   
                            FamilySarcobataceae   
                            FamilySimmondsiaceae  – jojoba 
                            FamilyStegnospermataceae   
                            FamilyTalinaceae   
                            FamilyTamaricaceae  – tamarisk 
       

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  Source: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, 2014, website (version 2014)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden, available at http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/   
  Reference for: Caryophyllales   
       
  Source: ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy, 2014, document (version Plantae)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2014. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall   
  Reference for: Caryophyllales   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Caryophyllales   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Caryophyllales   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Caryophyllales   
       
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