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Pink family🌸
Caryophyllaceae
ナデシコ科
A family including chickweed, pinks, and carnations. Characterized by petals that are often deeply bifid and swollen stem nodes. Approximately 88 genera and 2,200 species, mainly distributed in temperate regions.
Key Characteristics
- ●Petals often deeply bifid (cleft into two)
- ●Stem nodes sometimes swollen
- ●Leaves opposite, simple
- ●Fruit is a capsule
Morphological Traits
A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.
Leaf arrangement
Alternate / Opposite / Whorled
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Entire
Growth form
Shrub / Tree / Herb
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Leaf dissection
Undivided
Stipules
Present / Absent
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Petal count
5 petals / Many
Petal fusion
Fused
Ovary position
Superior
Stamen count
3-4
Plant sex
Dioecious / Hermaphrodite / Monoecious
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene