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Caryophyllaceae

Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales — very many herbs and shrubs including the pinks, carnations and campions.

Etymologies

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From New Latin caryophyllus +‎ -aceae

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Examples

  • 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.

    San Félix-San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests 2007

  • 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

  • Additional species include the following: Thamnoseris-Sanctambrosia manicata (Caryophyllaceae); Nesocaryum stylosum (Boraginaceae) - Frankenia vidalii and Solanum brachyantherum (Solanaceae) - Lycapsus tenuifolius.

    San Félix-San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests 2007

  • 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

  • Vegetation is dominated by ephemeral (annual) and ephemeroid (perennial) grasses and forbs, with dominant species belonging to Poaceae, Brassicaceae, Asteraceae, Caryophyllaceae, Boraginacaeae.

    Badkhiz-Karabil semi-desert 2008

  • 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

  • _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

  • 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

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • 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

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • Caryophyllales > Family: Caryophyllaceae > Genus: Dianthus.

    Qwaider Planet 2008

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