Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

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

Subsequent positions

Sileneae (Tribe)

Current position

Sileneae (Tribe)

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 Trigynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 416.
Silenoideae (Subfamily)	Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981

Historical positions

Sileneae (Tribe)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 156.
Sileneae (Tribe)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 116.
Caryophyllaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 138.
Caryophyllaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 382.
Decandria Trigynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 416.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	38s;10ss
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	424s