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| image_caption = Wild Clove Pink in flower
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| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Caryophyllales
| familia = Caryophyllaceae
| genus = Dianthus
| species = caryophyllus
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Carnations are cultivars of '''''Dianthus caryophyllus''''' - a species of ''[[Dianthus]]''.
Carnations are cultivars of '''''Dianthus caryophyllus''''' - a species of ''[[Dianthus]]''.
==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
Some scholars believe that the name "carnation" comes from "coronation" or "corone" (flower garlands), as it was one of the flowers used in Greek ceremonial crowns. Others think the name stems from the Latin "caro" (genitive "carnis") (flesh), which refers to the original colour of the flower, or incarnatio (incarnation), which refers to the incarnation of God made flesh.
Some scholars believe that the name "carnation" comes from "coronation" or "corone" (flower garlands), as it was one of the flowers used in Greek ceremonial crowns. Others think the name stems from the Latin "caro" (genitive "carnis") (flesh), which refers to the original colour of the flower, or incarnatio (incarnation), which refers to the incarnation of God made flesh.
