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Caryophyllaceae {family} -
Tracheophyta
;
Magnoliopsida
;
Caryophyllales
;
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.
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Sub-taxa
Genera (83)
Acanthophyllum [46]
Achyronychia [2]
Agrostemma [18]
Allochrusa [1]
Arenaria [280]
Atocion [32]
Balkana [1]
Bolanthus [11]
Brachystemma [1]
Bufonia [4]
Cardionema [8]
Cerastium [419]
Cerastrium [1]
Cerdia [2]
Cherleria [59]
Colobanthus [9]
Cometes [4]
Cyathophylla [2]
Dianthus [520]
Diaphanoptera [4]
Dicheranthus [3]
Dichodon [1]
Drymaria [19]
Drypis [4]
Eremogone [72]
Eudianthe [5]
Facchinia [11]
Geocarpon [2]
Gymnocarpos [30]
Gypsophila [97]
Heliosperma [65]
Herniaria [54]
Heterochroa [3]
Holosteum [7]
Honckenya [48]
Honkenya [7]
Illecebrum [17]
Lepyrodiclis [3]
Loeflingia [10]
Lychnis [2]
Mcneillia [6]
Minuartia [172]
Minuartiella [6]
Moehringia [66]
Moenchia [10]
Mononeuria [6]
Odontostemma [2]
Ortegia [1]
Paronychia [71]
Petroana [2]
Petrocoptis [27]
Petrorhagia [40]
Philippiella [1]
Plettkea [1]
Pollichia [8]
Polycarpaea [31]
Polycarpon [40]
Psammophiliella [9]
Psammosilene [15]
Pseudocherleria [10]
Pseudostellaria [50]
Pteranthus [3]
Pycnophyllum [4]
Rabelera [22]
Reaumeria [1]
Rhodalsine [4]
Sabulina [193]
Sagina [149]
Saponaria [107]
Schiedea [67]
Scleranthus [44]
Scopulophila [1]
Silene [1873]
Spergula [35]
Spergularia [125]
Sphaerocoma [1]
Stellaria [488]
Stipulicida [2]
Telephium [6]
Thylacospermum [3]
Triplateia [2]
Viscaria [52]
Wilhelmsia [9]
Species (1)
Caryophyllaceae sp. EM423 [1]
Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
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BOLD Stats
Specimen Records:
5,662
Public Records:
4,489
Specimens with Sequences:
5,107
Public Species:
1,328
Specimens with Barcodes:
3,047
Public BINs:
0
Species:
1,359
Species With Barcodes:
600
Species List - Progress
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Imagery
images representing subtaxa of Caryophyllaceae
(
Wilhelmsia
)
Sample ID:
TROM_V_135957_sg
License:
CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017)
License Holder:
Unspecified, Tromsø University Museum
Collection Sites
Collected from 36 countries.
Top 20:
Show All Countries
Canada
732
Austria
59
Colombia
12
United Kingdom
267
South Africa
35
Switzerland
6
Norway
198
United Arab Emirates
28
Italy
6
United States
155
Poland
24
Peru
5
Netherlands
132
India
16
Luxembourg
5
Finland
108
Pakistan
13
Russia
4
China
68
Mexico
12
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