| NOUN | plant | family Nyctaginaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Allioniaceae, family Allioniaceae, four-o'clock family | a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales |
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| Meaning | A family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales. | |
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| Synonyms | Nyctaginaceae, Allioniaceae, family Allioniaceae, four-o'clock family | |
| Member of | Caryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales | corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae |
| Members | Abronia, genus Abronia | genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers |
| Allionia, genus Allionia | small genus of chiefly American herbs | |
| Mirabilis, genus Mirabilis | four o'clocks | |
| Nyctaginia, genus Nyctaginia | A caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species | |
| Pisonia, genus Pisonia | genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines | |
| genus Bougainvillea, Bougainvillaea, genus Bougainvillaea | Ornamental tropical woody vines | |
| Broader | caryophylloid dicot family | family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
| Spanish | Allioniaceae, nictagináceas | |
| Catalan | nictaginàcia, nictaginàcies, Nyctaginaceae | |
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