Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Magnoliopsida - (Order) Caryophyllales - (Family) Caryophyllaceae

Original position

Decandria Digynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.

Current position

Caryophylleae (Tribe) Lam. & DC. (1806)

Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 156.

Alternative positions

Caryophyllaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden, 2010: 21 Aug 2011.
Decandria Digynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 409.
Silenoideae (Subfamily)	Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981

Historical positions

Caryophylleae (Tribe) Lam. & DC. (1806)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 156.
Caryophylleae (Tribe) Lam. & DC. (1806)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 116.
Caryophyllaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 142.
Caryophyllaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 382.
Decandria Digynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 409.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	28s;12ss;1v
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	333s