Geraniales
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Vernacular names of plants within the Order Geraniales

alfilaria
averrhoa
bilimbi
bilimbing
carambola
cucumber tree
filaree
geranium
pin-clover
stork's bill
wood-sorrels

Hierarchical position of the Order Geraniales

   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  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Geranianae Thorne ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Geraniales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 42. 1829.
  

Named members of the Order Geraniales

1
   Subordo  Geraniineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 461. 15 Nov 1895.
  
 
2
   Familia  Geraniaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 268. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Geraniums
  
3
   Familia  Oxalidaceae R. Br. in Tuckey
pub. Narr. Exped. Zaire: 433. 5 Mar 1818.
common name: Wood-sorrels
  

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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