| Common Names - Pink family or carnation family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Juss. | Total Number of genera - 88 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 2300 |
| Plant forms - Herb/Shrub/Tree | |
| World Distribution - Frigid zone to tropical. Cosmopolitan.Ttemperate climates, with a few species growing on tropical mountains. Especially temperate & warm North America. | |
| Comments - Small trees (a few), or shrubs (a few), or herbs (mainly) Herbs, rarely shrubs, lianes (Alisinidendron) or | |
| 1 - Dianthus. 2 - Sanctambrosia. |