Nyctaginaceae

Translingual

Family Nyctaginaceae, genus Bougainvillea

Nyctaginaceae, Boerhavia diffusa, flowers

Nyctaginaceae, Boerhavia diffusa, fruit

Etymology

Nyctago (“synonym of Mirabilis”) +‎ -aceae

Proper noun

Nyctaginaceae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – many tropical and subtropical flowering plants.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Boldoeae, Bougainvilleeae, Caribeeae, Colignonieae, Leucastereae, Nyctagineae, Pisonieae - tribes
  • Abronia, Acleisanthes, Allionia, Ammocodon, Andradea, Anulocaulis, Belemia, Boerhavia, Bougainvillea, Caribea, Cephalotomandra, Colignonia, Commicarpus, Cryptocarpus, Cuscatlania, Cyphomeris, Gaupira, Grajalesia, Izabalaea, Leucaster, Mirabilis, Neea, Neeopsis, Nyctaginia, Okenia, Phaeoptilum, Pisonia, Pisoniella, Ramisia, Reichenbachia, Salpianthus, Selinocarpus, Tripterocalyx - genera

References

• Nyctaginaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nyctaginaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Nyctaginaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Nyctaginaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Nyctaginaceae at Tropicos
• Nyctaginaceae at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Nyctaginaceae at APWeb