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Agrostemma, genus Agrostemma
a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles
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Arenaria, genus Arenaria
sandworts
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Cerastium, genus Cerastium
mouse-eared chickweed
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Dianthus, genus Dianthus
carnations and pinks
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genus Drypis
one species
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Gypsophila, genus Gypsophila
Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers
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Hernaria, genus Hernaria
low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves
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Illecebrum, genus Illecebrum
one species: coral necklace
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genus Lychnis
genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly
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Minuartia, genus Minuartia
mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts
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Moehringia, genus Moehringia
low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers
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Paronychia, genus Paronychia
low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts
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Petrocoptis, genus Petrocoptis
perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
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Sagina, genus Sagina
small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions
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Saponaria, genus Saponaria
mostly perennial Old World herbs
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Scleranthus, genus Scleranthus
small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel
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genus Silene
large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly
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Spergula, genus Spergula
small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry
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Spergularia, genus Spergularia
chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry
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Vaccaria, genus Vaccaria
cow-cockles
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Carpobrotus, genus Carpobrotus
a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus
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Dorotheanthus, genus Dorotheanthus
a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus
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genus Lithops
genus of stemless South African succulents
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Mesembryanthemum, genus Mesembryanthemum
South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight
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Molluga, genus Molluga
carpetweeds
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Pleiospilos, genus Pleiospilos
perennial succulents of South Africa
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Tetragonia, genus Tetragonia
New Zealand spinach
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Amaranthus, genus Amaranthus
large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs
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Alternanthera, genus Alternanthera
genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera
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Celosia, genus Celosia
annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa
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Froelichia, genus Froelichia
genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed
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Gomphrena, genus Gomphrena
genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia
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Iresine, genus Iresine
genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs
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Telanthera, genus Telanthera
used in former classifications systems; now included in genus Alternanthera
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Batis, genus Batis
small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs
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Chenopodium, genus Chenopodium
goosefoot; pigweed
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Atriplex, genus Atriplex
orach; saltbush
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Bassia, Kochia, genus Bassia, genus Kochia
summer cypress
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Beta, genus Beta
beets
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Cycloloma, genus Cycloloma
a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae
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genus Halogeton
a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae
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Salicornia, genus Salicornia
glassworts
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Salsola, genus Salsola
chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts
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Sarcobatus, genus Sarcobatus
one species: greasewood
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Spinacia, genus Spinacia
spinach
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Nyctaginia, genus Nyctaginia
a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species
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Abronia, genus Abronia
genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers
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Allionia, genus Allionia
small genus of chiefly American herbs
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Bougainvillaea, genus Bougainvillaea, genus Bougainvillea
ornamental tropical woody vines
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Mirabilis, genus Mirabilis
four o'clocks
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Pisonia, genus Pisonia
genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America
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Acanthocereus, genus Acanthocereus
mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region
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Aporocactus, genus Aporocactus
small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico
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Ariocarpus, genus Ariocarpus
slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas
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Carnegiea, genus Carnegiea
caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro
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Cereus, genus Cereus
genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white
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genus Coryphantha
mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria
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genus Echinocactus
globular or cylindrical cacti; southwestern United States to Brazil
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Echinocereus, genus Echinocereus
large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States
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genus Epiphyllum
small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti
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Ferocactus, genus Ferocactus
genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti
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Gymnocalycium, genus Gymnocalycium
large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles
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Harrisia, genus Harrisia
genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America
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Hatiora, genus Hatiora
small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
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Hylocereus, genus Hylocereus
genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers
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Lemaireocereus, genus Lemaireocereus
tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit
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Lophophora, genus Lophophora
two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal
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genus Mammillaria
large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface
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Melocactus, genus Melocactus
genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean
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Myrtillocactus, genus Myrtillocactus
small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central America
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Pediocactus, genus Pediocactus
low-growing cacti of the Great Plains of North America
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Opuntia, genus Opuntia
large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
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Peireskia, Pereskia, genus Peireskia, genus Pereskia
genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers
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Rhipsalis, genus Rhipsalis
large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits
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Schlumbergera, genus Schlumbergera
South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
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Selenicereus, genus Selenicereus
mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night
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Zygocactus, genus Zygocactus
small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits
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Phytolacca, genus Phytolacca
type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed
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Agdestis, genus Agdestis
a genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots; grown in hot climates
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Ercilla, genus Ercilla
a genus of evergreen climbers
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Rivina, genus Rivina
small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America
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Trichostigma, genus Trichostigma
a genus of erect or climbing shrubs found in tropical South America
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genus Portulaca
genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs
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Calandrinia, genus Calandrinia
large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers
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Claytonia, genus Claytonia
genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes
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Lewisia, genus Lewisia
genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers
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Montia, genus Montia
small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asia
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Spraguea, genus Spraguea
small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes
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Talinum, genus Talinum
genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs