Family Caryophyllaceae

The Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants.

Genera in the family Caryophyllaceae of plants

 

Alsinidendron - Alsinidendron is a genus of plant in family Caryophyllaceae, whose species are often included in the genus Schiedea.

 

Arenaria - Arenaria, a Latin word meaning sand-loving , may refer to :

 

Cerastium - Cerastium is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.

 

 

Minuartia - Minuartia is a genus of small flowering plants, one of those commonly known as "sandwort" or "stitchwort".

 

Moehringia - Moehringia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae.

 

Polycarpaea - Polycarpaea is a genus of plant in family Caryophyllaceae.

 

Saponaria - Saponaria, also known as soapworts, is a genus of about 20 species of perennial herbs in the Caryophyllaceae, native to southern Europe and southwest Asia.

 

Schiedea - Alsinidendron H.

Silene - Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae.

 

Stellaria - Chickweeds are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Angle Shades, Heart and Dart, Riband Wave, Setaceous Hebrew Character and the Coleophora case-bearers C.