Family

Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)

Cerastium viride. Photo: (c) John Rusk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactaceae, and Polygonaceae. It is a large family, with 81 genera and about 2,625 known species.

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