Called “Pinks, Cactuses, And Allies” in GBIF
Caryophyllales is a diverse and heterogeneous order of flowering plants which includes well-known species such as cacti, carnations, beets, quinoa, spinach, amaranths, pigfaces and ice plants, oraches and saltbushes, goosefoots, sundews, Venus flytrap, tropical pitcher plants, Malabar spinach, bougainvilleas, four o'clock flowers, buckwheat, knotweeds, rhubarb, sorrels, purslanes, jojoba, and tamarisks. Many members are succulent, having fleshy stems or leaves.
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Phytolacca americana
20 articles
Spinacia oleracea
15 articles
Amaranthus
8 articles
Chenopodium quinoa
8 articles
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
5 articles
Claytonia virginica
4 articles
Fagopyrum esculentum
3 articles
Opuntia ficus-indica
3 articles
Fagopyrum tataricum
3 articles
Beta vulgaris cicla
2 articles
Mirabilis jalapa
2 articles
Basella alba
2 articles
Persicaria lapathifolia
2 articles
Amaranthus retroflexus
2 articles
Coccoloba uvifera
2 articles
Dionaea muscipula
2 articles
Opuntia basilaris
1 article
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Conditiva Group
1 article
Cylindropuntia ramosissima
1 article
Rumex obtusifolius
1 article
Drosera capensis
1 article
Silene
1 article
Stellaria media
1 article
Selenicereus undatus
1 article
Reynoutria japonica
1 article
Simmondsia chinensis
1 article
Alternanthera ficoidea
1 article
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Cerastium
1 article
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Limonium perezii
1 article
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Chenopodium berlandieri
1 article
Polygonum aviculare
1 article
Silene dioica
1 article
Rheum ribes
1 article
Silene regia
1 article
Limonium
1 article
Mirabilis longiflora
1 article
Arenaria serpyllifolia
1 articleAlso here, with one plant each: Basellaceae (Malabar Spinach), Simmondsiaceae (Jojoba).
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