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Cacti, like this prickly pear, are in the order Caryophyllales.
Chapter Outline
- Description of Magnoliophyta
- Classification of Magnoliophyta
- Basal Magnoliophyta
- magnoliids
- Liliopsida
- commelinids
- eudicotyledons
- core eudicotyledons
- asterids
- lamiids
- campanulids
- rosids
- fabids
- malvids
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This page contains six orders of the core eudicotyledons.
As of 2023, 71 species of Santalales have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 892 throughout the world.
- FAMILY AMPHOROGYNACEAE
- FAMILY APTANDRACEAE
- FAMILY BALANOPHORACEAE
- FAMILY CERVANTESIACEAE
- Buffalo-Nut (Pyrularia pubera) - 2 (Great Smoky Mountains NP)
- FAMILY COMANDRACEAE
- Bastard Toadflax (Comandra umbellata) - 3rd-most iNat observations in US for Santalales - 5 (Agate)
- FAMILY COULACEAE
- FAMILY ERYTHROPALACEAE
- FAMILY LORANTHACEAE
- FAMILY MISODENDRACEAE
- Feathery Mistletoe (Misodendrum)
- FAMILY NANODEACEAE
- FAMILY OCTOKNEMACEAE
- FAMILY OLACACEAE
- FAMILY OPILIACEAE
- FAMILY SANTALACEAE
- Western Dwarf-Mistletoe (Arceuthobium campylopodum) - 5th-most iNat observations in US for Santalales
- Sandlewood
- FAMILY SCHOEPFIACEAE
- FAMILY STROMBOSIACEAE
- FAMILY THESIACEAE
- FAMILY VISCACEAE
- American Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum) - most iNat observations in US for Santalales
- FAMILY XIMENIACEAE
As of 2023, 496 species of Saxifragales have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 1,925 throughout the world.
- FAMILY ALTINGIACEAE
- Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) - most iNat observations in US for Saxifragales - 6 (Dry Streambed Garden at MOBOT), 2 (Great Smoky Mountains NP), 10
- FAMILY APHANOPETALACEAE
- FAMILY CERCIDIPHYLLACEAE
- Katsura Tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
- FAMILY CRASSULACEAE
- Ice Plant (Hylotelephium sp.) - 6 (Heckman Rock Garden at MOBOT) - NOAH
- Rose Crown (Rhodiola rhodantha) - 6 (Alpine VC at RMNP)
- Stonecrops (Sedum spp.) - 6 (Kemper Garden at MOBOT)
- Yellow Stonecrop (Sedum lanceolatum) - 6 (Alpine VC at RMNP)
- Sierra Stonecrop (Sedum obtusatum) - 7 (Lower Cathedral Lake at Yosemite)
- FAMILY CYNOMORIACEAE
- Scarlet Synomorium (Cynomorium coccineum) - MOBOT?
- FAMILY DAPHNIPHYLLACEAE
- FAMILY GROSSULARIACEAE
- Goosberries/Currants (Ribes) - Food
- Wild Gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) - Perry Lake, Great Smoky Mountains NP, RMNP - NOAH
- Wax Currant (Ribes cereum) - 6 (Moraine Park at RMNP)
- FAMILY HALORAGACEAE
- Water-Milfoils (Myriophyllum) - 6 (Onondaga), 8
- Eurasian Water-Milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) - Great Plains Nature Park, KS
- FAMILY HAMAMELIDACEAE
- Witch-Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) - 2nd-most iNat observations in US for Saxifragales - 2 (Great Smoky Mountains NP), 3, 10
- Vernal Witch Hazel (Hamamelis vernalis) - 6 (MOBOT)
- FAMILY ITEACEAE
- FAMILY PAEONIACEAE
- FAMILY PENTHORACEAE
- FAMILY PERIDISCACEAE
- FAMILY PTEROSTEMONACEAE
- FAMILY SAXIFRAGACEAE
- Alumroots (Heuchera sp.) - 7 (Rainbow Falls at Devil's Postpile NM)
- Coral Bells (Heuchera sp.) - 6 (Woodland Garden at MOBOT) -
NOAH
- Saxifrages (Micranthes)
- Whiplash Saxifrage (Saxifraga hirculus) - 6 (Alpine VC at RMNP)
- FAMILY TETRACARPAEACEAE
As of 2023, no species of Berberidopsidales have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 4 throughout the world.
- FAMILY AEXTOXICACEAE
- Olivillo (Aextoxicon punctatum) - Most common iNat observation in the world. Found mainly in Chile south of the Atacama Desert.
- FAMILY BERBERIDOPSIDACEAE
As of 2023, 5 species of Dilleniales have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 297 throughout the world.
- FAMILY DILLENIACEAE
- Simpoh Air (Dillenia suffruticosa) -
As of 2023, 5 species of Gunnerales have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 38 throughout the world.
- FAMILY GUNNERACEAE
- Gunnera spp. - 12 (Hawaii, native), 5 (introduced)
- FAMILY MYROTHAMNACEAE
As of 2023, 1,847 species of Caryophyllales have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 8,443 throughout the world.
- FAMILY ACHATOCARPACEAE
- FAMILY AGDESTIDACEAE
- FAMILY AIZOACEAE
- FAMILY AMARANTHACEAE
- Amaranth
- Fourwing Saltbush (Atriplex canescens) - 4 (South Entrance at Petrified Forest)
- FAMILY ANCISTROCLADACEAE
- FAMILY ASTEROPEIACEAE
- FAMILY BARBEUIACEAE
- FAMILY CARYOPHYLLACEAE
- Pinks (Dianthus) - 6 (Heckman Rock Garden at MOBOT) - NOAH
- Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) - 6 (Konza)
- Rose Campion (Lychnis sp.) - 6 (Heckman Rock Garden at MOBOT) - NOAH
- Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) - 6 (Alpine VC at RMNP)
- White Campion (Silene latifolia)
- Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)
- FAMILY CHENOPODIACEAE
- Saltlover (Halogeton glomeratus) - 7 East of Tonopah, NV in the Great Basin Desert)
- FAMILY CORBICHONIACEAE
- FAMILY DIONCOPHYLLACEAE
- FAMILY DROSERACEAE
- Sundews (Drosera)
- Spoonleaf Sundew (Drosera intermedia) - 3 (Ferd's Bog in the Adirondacks)
- Round-Leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) - 3 (Ferd's Bog in the Adirondacks)
- Threadleaf Sundew (Drosera filiformis) - 6 (Schoenberg Temperate House at MOBOT) - NOAH
- Fork-Leaved Sundew (Drosera binata) - 6 (Schoenberg Temperate House at MOBOT) - NOAH
- Sundew (Drosera sp.) - 6 (Schoenberg Temperate House at MOBOT) - NOAH
- Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) - 2 (Green Swamp), 6 (Shoenberg Temperate House at MOBOT) - NOAH
- FAMILY DROSOPHYLLACEAE
- FAMILY FRANKENIACEAE
- FAMILY GISEKIACEAE
- FAMILY LIMEACEAE
- FAMILY LOPHIOCARPACEAE
- FAMILY MOLLUGINACEAE
- Green Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata)
- FAMILY NEPENTHACEAE
- Hanging Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes sp.) -
NOAH
- Climatron at MOBOT
- FAMILY NYCTAGINACEAE
- Four O'Clocks (Mirabilis)
- Yellowstone Sand Verbena (Abronia ammophila) - Endemic to small area around Yellowstone Lake
- Prairie Snowball (Abronia fragrans) - 5 (Agate)
- FAMILY PETIVERIACEAE
- FAMILY PHYSENACEAE
- FAMILY PHYTOLACCACEAE
- Pokeweed (Phytolacca) - Perry Lake, KS
- American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) - most observed Caryophyllales species in U.S. in iNaturalist
- Rivina sp. - 6 (Climatron at MOBOT) -
NOAH
- FAMILY PLUMBAGINACEAE
- FAMILY POLYGONACEAE
- Buckwheats (Eriogonum) - 1 (Yellowstone, Wind River Range)
- California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) - common iNaturalist observation for Caryophyllales in the US - Yosemite NP
- Yellow Eriogonum (Eriogonum flavum) - 5 (Agate)
- James' Buckwheat (Eriogonum jamesii) - Bandalier NM
- Sulfur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum) - 6 (Moraine Park at RMNP)
- Koenigia (Koenigia islandica) - 6 (Alpine VC at RMNP)
- American Jumposeed (Persicaria virginiana)
- Knotweed (Polygonum sp.) - 6 (Heckman Rock Garden at MOBOT) - NOAH
- Rhubarb (Rheum spp.) - Food
- Curly Dock (Rumex crispus)
- FAMILY RHABDODENDRACEAE
- FAMILY SARCOBATACEAE
- Greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) - 7 (Navy Beach at Mono Lake)
- FAMILY SIMMONDSIACEAE
- FAMILY STEGNOSPERMATACEAE
- FAMILY TAMARICACEAE
- SUBORDER CACTINEAE
- FAMILY ANACAMPSEROTACEAE
- FAMILY BASELLACEAE
- FAMILY CACTACEAE
- Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) - Most-observed cactus in U.S. in iNaturalist - 9 (Saguaro, Organ Pipe), 6 (Desert Dome at Omaha Zoo)
- Cholla Cacti (Cylindropuntia)
- Teddybear Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) - 7 (Mojave County, AZ)
- Silver Cholla (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa) - 7 (Mojave NP)
- Tree Cholla (Cylindropuntia imbricata) - 4 (Comanche NG)
- Branched Pencil Cholla (Cylindropuntia ramosissima) - 7 (Mojave NP)
- Hedgehog Cacti (Echinocereus)
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii) - 7 (Mojave NP)
- Kingcup Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) - Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO
- Tropical Cactus (Epiphyllum) - 6 (Climatron at MOBOT)
- Barrel Cacti (Ferocactus)
- Fishhook Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus wislizeni) - 6 (Desert Dome at Omaha Zoo)
- Cottontop Cactus (Homalocephala polycephala) - 7 (Alabama Hills, on the edge of the Great Basin Desert)
- Prickly Pears (Opuntia) - 7, 9 (Big Bend National Park)
- Prickly Pear (Opuntia) - 7, 9 (Big Bend National Park) - NOAH
- Purple Prickly Pear (Opuntia azurea) - 9 (Big Bend)
- Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) - 7 (Alabama Hills, on the edge of the Great Basin Desert)
- Brittle Prickly Pear (Opuntia fragilis) - Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO
- FAMILY DIDIEREACEAE
- FAMILY HALOPHYTACEAE
- FAMILY MONTIACEAE
- Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) - Second-most-observed Caryophyllales in the US
- Big-Rooted Spring Be (Claytonia megarhiza) - 6 (Alpine VC at RMNP)
- FAMILY PORTULACACEAE
- Purslanes (Portulaca) - Yosemite NP
- FAMILY TALINACEAE
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