Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactaceae, and Polygonaceae. It is a large family, with 81 genera and about 2,625 known species.
Gypsophila is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. They are native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Turkey has a particularly high diversity of Gypsophila taxa, with about 35 endemic species. Some Gypsophila are introduced species in other regions.
Petrorhagia is a small genus of annual and perennial plants of the family Caryophyllaceae, mostly native to the Mediterranean region. It is low-growing with wiry stems and narrow, grass-like leaves. The flowers are small, in clusters similar to members of the genus Dianthus, in pink, lilac, or white. Petrorhagia saxifraga is the tunic flower or coat flower, similar to baby's breath, but shorter, and used in rock gardens.
Minuartia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sandworts in the family Caryophyllaceae.
Aethionema retsina is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only in Greece. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky shores. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Horstrissea is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. Its only species is Horstrissea dolinicola. The genus and species were first described in 1990. It is endemic to Crete, where it lives at an altitude of around 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in the Mount Ida range. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Allium calamarophilon is a species of plant in the genus Allium. It is endemic to Greece, known only from one small population on the Island of Euboea, on a rocky ledge in the center of the island near the town of Kimi. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky shores. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Arenaria grandiflora subsp. bolosii is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to Spain. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Cerastium sventenii is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands. It grows in moist talus in forested habitat. It is threatened by introduced grazing herbivores and non-native plants.
Saponaria jagelii is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to the island of Elafonisos in Greece. Its natural habitat is dune vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sabulina decumbens is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names The Lassics sandwort and Lassicus stitchwort.
Sabulina stricta is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names bog stitchwort, Teesdale sandwort and rock sandwort. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout much of the northernmost Northern Hemisphere from the lower Arctic into the alpine climates of mountainous areas in temperate Eurasia and North America. It grows in several types of habitat, including meadows, marshes, heath, beaches and bars, and arctic and alpine tundra.
Sabulina cismontana is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name cismontane minuartia.
Minuartia cumberlandensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names Cumberland stitchwort and Cumberland sandwort. It is endemic to the Cumberland Plateau near the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River in Tennessee and Kentucky. This rare plant is found only in cool sandstone rock shelters, on the moist sandy cave floors behind the drip line. There are 27 occurrences in Tennessee and one in Kentucky. The plant is a federally listed endangered species.
Minuartia uniflora, the one-flower stitchwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to the Southeastern United States where it is primarily found in the Piedmont. Its preferred habitat is sandy or granitic rock outcrops.
Lilium rhodopeum is a European species of plants in the lily family. It is endemic to the Rhodopi Mountains of Bulgaria and Greece, where it is found in alpine meadows and on mountain slopes. It is as critically endangered and listed as an IUCN red list threatened species. This Balkan endemic can be found in Bulgaria and Greece where it is native to the Rhodopi mountains from which it takes it name.
Minuartia glabra, commonly called Appalachian stichwort, is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae). It is native to the eastern United States, where it has a scattered distribution.
Cherleria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found in the Arctic and mountain areas of the northern hemisphere. Its center of diversity is the Balkans. The species shows ecological differentiation and multiple colonisations of alpine habitats. It was enlarged in 2017 with species from other genera.
Minuartia krascheninnikovii is a species of flowering plant in the sandwort genus Minuartia, family Caryophyllaceae, native to East European Russia. It is found in the petrophytic steppes of the southern Ural mountains.
