A group of families of mostly flowers having basal or 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
English: Caryophyllidae, subclass Caryophyllidae