Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Caryophyllales — very manyherbs andshrubs including thepinks ,carnations andcampions .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The most conspicuous species on San Ambrosio island are Thamnoseris lacerata and Sanctambrosia manicata (Caryophyllaceae), among woody species, and among grass species, Eragrostis peruviana and Eragrostis kuschelii (Poaceae), annuals that may reach as high as 50 cm.
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Genetic diversity, breeding system, and population structure in Silene acaulis (Caryophyllaceae) in West Greenland.
Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009
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Additional species include the following: Thamnoseris-Sanctambrosia manicata (Caryophyllaceae); Nesocaryum stylosum (Boraginaceae) - Frankenia vidalii and Solanum brachyantherum (Solanaceae) - Lycapsus tenuifolius.
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Genetic diversity, breeding system, and population structure in Silene acaulis (Caryophyllaceae) in West Greenland.
Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009
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Vegetation is dominated by ephemeral (annual) and ephemeroid (perennial) grasses and forbs, with dominant species belonging to Poaceae, Brassicaceae, Asteraceae, Caryophyllaceae, Boraginacaeae.
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Common weeds of cultivation are Fumaria parviflora, a near relation of the English fumitory, Silene conoidea, and two Spergulas (Caryophyllaceae), and Sisymbrium Irio
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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_Caryophyllaceae_ being plainly heard as he stopped and picked a yellow blossom and a tuft of weed, the young ladies glancing back twice at the boys who had been guilty of so disgraceful a breach of scholastic etiquette as to have their fight take place upon an open common and let it be seen.
First in the Field A Story of New South Wales George Manville Fenn 1870
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Garden Bird is Among Species Most at Risk Clock Genes of Mammalian Cells: Practical Implications in Tissue Culture Evolution of a RNA Polymerase Gene Family in Silene (Caryophyllaceae) - Incomplete Concerted Evolution and Topological Congruence Among Paralogues Extrapair Paternity in Birds: Understanding Variation Among Species
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Garden Bird is Among Species Most at Risk Clock Genes of Mammalian Cells: Practical Implications in Tissue Culture Evolution of a RNA Polymerase Gene Family in Silene (Caryophyllaceae) - Incomplete Concerted Evolution and Topological Congruence Among Paralogues Extrapair Paternity in Birds: Understanding Variation Among Species
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Caryophyllales > Family: Caryophyllaceae > Genus: Dianthus.
Qwaider Planet 2008
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