subclass caryophyllidae

Noun subclass caryophyllidae has 1 sense

• subclass caryophyllidae(n = noun.plant) caryophyllidae - a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder;
is a kind of class
is a member of class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida