Caryophyllaceae

Genera 107 Accepted species 2,679 Documented here 547 Coverage 20%

We document 547 of the 2,679 accepted species in Caryophyllaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 65 of 107

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Silene 122 501
Dianthus 77 410
Cerastium 40 203
Stellaria 30 134
Paronychia 29 74
Arenaria 26 186
Gypsophila 21 149
Sabulina 21 74
Eremogone 20 73
Spergularia 15 53
Sagina 12 36
Colobanthus 11 23
Drymaria 11 55
Saponaria 9 18
Cherleria 8 20
Moehringia 7 30
Herniaria 6 33
Polycarpaea 5 22
Petrorhagia 4 14
Atocion 3 6
Heliosperma 3 10
Minuartia 3 53
Polycarpon 3 7
Pseudocherleria 3 13
Pseudostellaria 3 14
Pycnophyllum 3 22
Scleranthus 3 5
Spergula 3 13
Eudianthe 2 2
Facchinia 2 7
Geocarpon 2 7
Holosteum 2 6
Microphyes 2 3
Moenchia 2 4
Petrocoptis 2 9
Schiedea 2 22
Viscaria 2 3
Achyronychia 1 1
Adenonema 1 2
Agrostemma 1 2
Brachystemma 1 2
Cerdia 1 1
Chaetonychia 1 1
Corrigiola 1 11
Dicheranthus 1 1
Dichodon 1 9
Drypis 1 1
Gymnocarpos 1 11
Hesperostellaria 1 1
Honckenya 1 1
Illecebrum 1 1
Jordania 1 14
Loeflingia 1 4
Mcneillia 1 7
Mesostemma 1 11
Nubelaria 1 3
Pollichia 1 1
Psammophiliella 1 2
Pteranthus 1 1
Rabelera 1 2
Scopulophila 1 2
Stipulicida 1 2
Telephium 1 5
Torreyostellaria 1 1
Wilhelmsia 1 1

Genera we do not yet document 42 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.