#subclass_Caryophyllidae__Caryophyllidae a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder
supertype: class__clas (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
member of: class_Dicotyledones
member: caryophylloid_dicot_family__caryophylloiddicotfamily family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
member: caryophylloid_dicot_genus__caryophylloiddicotgenu genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
member: order_Caryophyllales__Caryophyllales__Chenopodiales__order-Chenopodiales corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
member: family_Caryophyllaceae__Caryophyllaceae__carnation_family__carnationfamily__pink_family large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
member: caryophyllaceous_plant a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae
member: genus_Agrostemma__Agrostemma a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles
member: corn_cockle__corn_campion__crown-of-the-field__Agrostemma_githago European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
member: Arenaria__genus_Arenaria sandworts
member: sandwort low-growing chiefly perennial plants usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens
member: genus_Cerastium__Cerastium mouse-eared chickweed
member: mouse-ear_chickweed__mouseearchickweed__mouse_eared_chickweed__mouseearedchickweed__mouse_ear__mouseear__clammy_chickweed__chickweed any of various plants related to the common chickweed
member: genus_Dianthus__Dianthus carnations and pinks
member: garden_pink__pink any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
member: genus_Drypis 1 species
member: drypis spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers
member: genus_Gypsophila__Gypsophila Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers
member: baby's_breath__babies'-breath__babies'breath__Gypsophila_paniculata tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers
member: genus_Hernaria__Hernaria low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves
member: rupturewort__Hernaria_glabra common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures
member: genus_Illecebrum__Illecebrum 1 species: coral necklace
member: coral_necklace__coralnecklace__Illecebrum_verticullatum glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas
member: genus_Lychnis genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly
member: lychnis__lychni__catchfly mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone
member: genus_Minuartia__Minuartia mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts
member: genus_Moehringia__Moehringia low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having 4- rather than 5-petaled flowers
member: Moehringia_lateriflora__sandwort low-growing herb having clusters of small white-flowers 4-petaled flowers
member: Moehringia_mucosa__sandwort loosely matted plant with mosslike foliage studded with tiny starry 4-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe
member: genus_Paronychia__Paronychia low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts
member: whitlowwort any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail)
member: genus_Petrocoptis__Petrocoptis perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
member: genus_Sagina__Sagina small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions
member: pearlwort__pearlweed any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls
member: genus_Saponaria__Saponaria mostly perennial Old World herbs
member: soapwort__hedge_pink__hedgepink__bouncing_Bet__bouncing_Bess__Saponaria_officinalis plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
member: genus_Scleranthus__Scleranthus small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel
member: knawel__knawe__Scleranthus_annuus widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers
member: genus_Silene large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly
member: silene__campion__catchfly any plant of the genus Silene
member: moss_campion__Silene_acaulis tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America
member: wild_pink__Silene_caroliniana perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters
member: red_campion__red_bird's_eye__Silene_dioica__Lychnis_dioica biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
member: white_campion__whitecampion__evening_lychnis__white_cockle__whitecockle__bladdercampion__Silene_latifolia__Lychnis_alba bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
member: fire_pink__Silene_virginica perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals
member: genus_Spergula__Spergula small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry
member: corn_spurry__corn_spurrey__Spergula_arvensis small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers
member: genus_Spergularia__Spergularia chiefly maritimes Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry
member: sand_spurry__sea_spurry__seaspurry__Spergularia_rubra prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America
member: genus_Stellaria__Stellaria common chickweed; stitchwort
member: chickweed any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
member: genus_Vaccaria__Vaccaria cow-cockles
member: cowherb__cow_cockle__cowcockle__Vaccaria_hispanica__Vaccaria_pyramidata__Saponaria_vaccaria European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort
member: family_Aizoaceae__Aizoaceae__Tetragoniaceae__family_Tetragoniaceae__carpetweed_family succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
member: genus_Carpobrotus__Carpobrotus a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus
member: Hottentot_fig__Hottentot's_fig__sour_fig__Carpobrotus_edulis__Mesembryanthemum_edule low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp
member: genus_Dorotheanthus__Dorotheanthus a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus
member: livingstone_daisy__livingstonedaisy__Dorotheanthus_bellidiformis low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals
member: genus_Lithops genus of stemless South African succulents
member: lithops__living_stone__stoneface__stoneplant__stone_life_face__flowering_stone any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
member: genus_Mesembryanthemum__Mesembryanthemum South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight
member: fig_marigold__figmarigold__pebbleplant any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers
member: genus_Molluga__Molluga carpetweeds
member: carpetweed__Indian_chickweed__Molluga_verticillata annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America
member: genus_Pleiospilos__Pleiospilos perennial succulents of South Africa
member: living_granite__living_rock__stone_mimicry_plant__stonemimicryplant highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with gray-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa
member: genus_Tetragonia__Tetragonia New Zealand spinach
member: New_Zealand_spinach__Tetragonia_tetragonioides__Tetragonia_expansa coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves
member: family_Amaranthaceae__Amaranthaceae__amaranth_family cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs
member: genus_Amaranthus__Amaranthus large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs
member: amaranth any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food
member: thorny_amaranth__Amaranthus_spinosus erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
member: genus_Alternanthera__Alternanthera genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera
member: alligator_weed__alligatorweed__alligatorgras__Alternanthera_philoxeroides prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses
member: genus_Celosia__Celosia annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa
member: red_fox__Celosia_argentea weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers
member: genus_Froelichia__Froelichia genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed
member: cottonweed any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers
member: genus_Gomphrena__Gomphrena genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia
member: globe_amaranth__globeamaranth__bachelor's_button__Gomphrena_globosa tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color
member: genus_Iresine__Iresine genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs
member: bloodleaf any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage
member: genus_Telanthera__Telanthera used in former classifications systems; now included in genus Alternanthera
member: family_Batidaceae__Batidaceae__saltwort_family family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts
member: genus_Batis__Batis small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs
member: Batis_maritima__saltwort low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
member: family_Chenopodiaceae__Chenopodiaceae__goosefoot_family__goosefootfamily includes spinach and beets
member: genus_Chenopodium__Chenopodium goosefoot; pigweed
member: goosefoot any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers
member: genus_Atriplex__Atriplex orach; saltbush
member: orach__orache any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
member: saltbush any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil
member: genus_Bassia__Bassia__Kochia__genus_Kochia summer cypress
member: summer_cypress__burning_bush__burningbush__firebush__belvedere__Bassia_scoparia__Kochia_scoparia densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
member: genus_Cycloloma__Cycloloma a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae
member: winged_pigweed__tumbleweed__Cycloloma_atriplicifolium bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds
member: genus_Halogeton a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae
member: halogeton__Halogeton_glomeratus a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content
member: Halogeton_souda__barilla Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
member: genus_Salicornia__Salicornia glassworts
member: samphire__glasswort__Salicornia_europaea fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass
member: genus_Salsola__Salsola chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts
member: genus_Sarcobatus__Sarcobatus 1 species: greasewood
member: black_greasewood__blackgreasewood__greasewood__Sarcobatus_vermiculatus low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
member: genus_Spinacia__Spinacia spinach
member: prickly-seeded_spinach__spinach__spinachplant__Spinacia_oleracea southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
member: family_Nyctaginaceae__Nyctaginaceae__Allioniaceae__family_Allioniaceae__four-o'clock_family a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
member: genus_Nyctaginia__Nyctaginia a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species
member: scarlet_musk_flower__Nyctaginia_capitata viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers
member: genus_Abronia__Abronia genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers
member: sand_verbena any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena
member: genus_Allionia__Allionia small genus of chiefly American herbs
member: trailing_four_o'clock__trailing_windmills__Allionia_incarnata trailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground; found in dry gravelly or sandy soil; southwestern United States and Mexico
member: genus_Bougainvillea__Bougainvillaea__genus_Bougainvillaea ornamental tropical woody vines
member: bougainvillea any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions
member: genus_Mirabilis__Mirabilis four o'clocks
member: umbrellawort a plant of the genus Mirabilis
member: four_o'clock any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon
member: California_four_o'clock__Mirabilis_laevis__Mirabilis_californica California four o'clock with purple-red flowers
member: genus_Pisonia__Pisonia genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America
member: cockspur__Pisonia_aculeata small spiny West Indian tree
member: family_Phytolaccaceae__Phytolaccaceae__pokeweed_family chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca; Agdestis; Ercilla; Rivina; Trichostigma
member: genus_Phytolacca__Phytolacca type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed
member: pokeweed perennial of the genus Phytolacca
member: genus_Agdestis__Agdestis a genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots; grown in hot climates
member: genus_Ercilla__Ercilla a genus of evergreen climbers
member: genus_Rivina__Rivina small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America
member: bloodberry__blood_berry__bloodberry__rougeberry__rouge_plant__rougeplant__Rivina_humilis bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas
member: genus_Trichostigma__Trichostigma a genus of erect or climbing shrubs found in tropical South America
member: family_Portulacaceae__Portulacaceae__purslane_family family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
member: genus_Portulaca genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs
member: portulaca a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
member: common_purslane__pussley__pusly__verdolagas__Portulaca_oleracea weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
member: genus_Calandrinia__Calandrinia large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers
member: rock_purslane a plant of the genus Calandrinia
member: red_maids__redmaid__redmaid__calandriniaciliata succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States
member: genus_Claytonia__Claytonia genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes
member: Carolina_spring_beauty__Claytonia_caroliniana similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers; eastern North America
member: spring_beauty__Clatonia_lanceolata small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm
member: Virginia_spring_beauty__Claytonia_virginica small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; eastern North America
member: genus_Lewisia__Lewisia genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers
member: siskiyou_lewisia__Lewisia_cotyledon evergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers; found on cliffs and in rock crevices in mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California
member: bitterroot__Lewisia_rediviva showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
member: genus_Montia__Montia small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asia
member: Indian_lettuce a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves
member: genus_Spraguea__Spraguea small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes
member: pussy-paw__pussypaw__pussy-paws__pussy's-paw__pussy'spaw__Spraguea_umbellatum__Calyptridium_umbellatum pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
member: genus_Talinum__Talinum genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs
member: flame_flower__flameflower__talinumaurantiacum plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
member: narrow-leaved_flame_flower__Talinum_augustissimum similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States
member: pigmy_talinum__pigmytalinum__Talinum_brevifolium low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States
member: rock_pink__Talinum_calycinum pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States
member: spiny_talinum__spinytalinum__Talinum_spinescens low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States
member: order_Opuntiales__Opuntiales coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses
member: family_Cactaceae__Cactaceae__cactus_family constituting the order Opuntiales
member: cactus any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World
member: genus_Acanthocereus__Acanthocereus mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region
member: genus_Aporocactus__Aporocactus small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico
member: rattail_cactus__rat's-tail_cactus__Aporocactus_flagelliformis commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days
member: genus_Ariocarpus__Ariocarpus slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas
member: living_rock__Ariocarpus_fissuratus usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States
member: genus_Carnegiea__Carnegiea caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro
member: saguaro__sahuaro__Carnegiea_gigantea extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
member: genus_Cereus__Cereus genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white
member: night-blooming_cereus any of several cacti of the genus Cereus
member: genus_Coryphantha mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria
member: coryphantha a cactus of the genus Coryphantha
member: genus_Echinocactus globular or cylindrical cacti; southwestern United States to Brazil
member: echinocactus__barrel_cactus any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil
member: genus_Echinocereus__Echinocereus large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States
member: hedgehog_cereus cactus of the genus Echinocereus
member: rainbow_cactus a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico
member: genus_Epiphyllum small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti
member: epiphyllum__orchid_cactus any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers
member: genus_Ferocactus__Ferocactus genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti
member: barrel_cactus a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits
member: genus_Gymnocalycium__Gymnocalycium large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles
member: genus_Harrisia__Harrisia genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America
member: genus_Hatiora__Hatiora small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
member: Easter_cactus__Hatiora_gaertneri__Schlumbergera_gaertneri spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera
member: genus_Hylocereus__Hylocereus genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers
member: night-blooming_Hylocereus_cactus__night-blooming_cereus any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus
member: genus_Lemaireocereus__Lemaireocereus tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit
member: Lemaireocereus_chichipe__chichipe tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit
member: genus_Lophophora__Lophophora two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal
member: mezcal__mescal__peyote__Lophophora_williamsii a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
member: genus_Mammillaria large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface
member: mammillaria any cactus of the genus Mammillaria
member: genus_Melocactus__Melocactus genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean
member: genus_Myrtillocactus__Myrtillocactus small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central America
member: garambulla_cactus__garambulla__Myrtillocactus_geometrizans arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit
member: genus_Pediocactus__Pediocactus low-growing cacti of the American Great Plains
member: Knowlton's_cactus__Pediocactus_knowltonii small clustering cactus of southwestern United States; a threatened species
member: genus_Nopalea__Nopalea a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers
member: nopal any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears
member: genus_Opuntia__Opuntia large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
member: prickly_pear_cactus__prickly_pear__pricklypear cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock
member: Opuntia_cholla__cholla arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico
member: genus_Pereskia__Pereskia__Peireskia__genus_Peireskia genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers
member: Barbados_gooseberry__Barbados-gooseberry_vine__Pereskia_aculeata West Indian woody scrambler with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits
member: genus_Rhipsalis__Rhipsalis large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits
member: mistletoe_cactus a plant of the genus Rhipsalis
member: genus_Schlumbergera__Schlumbergera South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
member: Christmas_cactus__Schlumbergera_buckleyi__Schlumbergera_baridgesii epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter
member: genus_Selenicereus__Selenicereus mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night
member: night-blooming_Selenicereus_cactus__night-blooming_cereus any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus
member: genus_Zygocactus__Zygocactus small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits
member: crab_cactus__Thanksgiving_cactus__Zygocactus_truncatus__Schlumbergera_truncatus South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera
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