Cactus   23-VIII
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
core eudicotyledons
 
 
Cacti, like this prickly pear, are in the order Caryophyllales.



Chapter Outline
  1. Description of Magnoliophyta
  2. Classification of Magnoliophyta
  3. Basal Magnoliophyta
  4. magnoliids
  5. Liliopsida
  6. commelinids
  7. eudicotyledons
  8. core eudicotyledons
  9. asterids
  10. lamiids
  11. campanulids
  12. rosids
  13. fabids
  14. malvids

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This page contains six orders of the core eudicotyledons.


SANTALALES 7, 9, 6

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
    • Showy Mistletoes
  • 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
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SAXIFRAGALES 7, 6

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
    • Peonies (Paeonia)
  • 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
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BERBERIDOPSIDALES 6

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
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DILLENIALES 12, 6

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) -
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GUNNERALES 12, 6

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
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CARYOPHYLLALES  

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
    • Iceplants
  • 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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