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Caryophyllales
| Description | Caryophyllales (KARR-ee-oh-fil-AY-leez) is an order of flowering plants that includes the cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, beets, and many carnivorous plants. Many members are succulent, having fleshy stems or leaves. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryophyllales, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Caryophyllales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Caryophyllales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Caryophyllales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (22%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Nelkenartige, ナデシコ, Nejlikordningen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryophyllales |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Achatocarpaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Agdestidaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aizoaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 1.81 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Amaranthaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Anacampserotaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ancistrocladaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Asteropeiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Barbeuiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Basellaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Cactaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Caryophyllaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Chenopodiaceae family | listed (PBDB) | 77 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Corbichoniaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Didiereaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Droseraceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 21 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Drosophyllaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Frankeniaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Gisekiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Halophytaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hectorellaceae family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Kewaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Limeaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lophiocarpaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Macarthuriaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Microteaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Molluginaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Montiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
 Nepenthaceaefamily | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Nyctaginaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Physenaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phytolaccaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Plumbaginaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Polygonaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 172 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Portulacaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Portulacaeae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhabdodendraceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Sarcobataceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Simmondsiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Stegnospermataceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Talinacaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Talinaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tamaricaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Lymingtonia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 58.7 Ma Paleocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1820 | Caryophyllales Jussieu |
| 2000 | Caryophyllales Mabberley |
| 2008 | Caryophyllales Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2011 | Caryophyllales Jud |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
