Asteliales
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Vernacular names of plants within the Order Asteliales

Kauai pa'iniu
beargrass
bowstring hemp
devil's shoestring
dracaena
dragontree
hala pepe
iguanatail
pineapplegrass
sansevieria
sotol

Hierarchical position of the Order Asteliales

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Asteliales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 59. 1829.
  

Named members of the Order Asteliales

1
   Familia  Asteliaceae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 59, 61. 1829.
  
2
   Familia  Dracaenaceae Salisb.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 73. Apr-Mai 1866.
  
3
   Familia  Geitonoplesiaceae R. Dahlgr. ex Conran
pub. Telopea 6: 39. Nov 1994.
4
   Familia  Luzuriagaceae Lotsy
pub. Vortr. Bot. Stammesgesch. 3: 760. Sep-Oct 1911.
5
   Familia  Nolinaceae Nakai
pub. Chosakuronbun Mokuroku: 226. 20 Jul 1943.
6
   Familia  Philesiaceae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 53, 54. 1829, nom. cons.
7
   Familia  Ruscaceae Sprengl. ex Hutch.
pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 109. 1934, nom. cons.
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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