Commelinidae
   compleat botanica    plants    Subclass names   
 
 
   

 

 

Taxonomic
ranks

Details

 

Sponsors

 

 

More Sublass entries
[ Caryophyllidae ] [ Commelinidae ] [ Cornidae ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Sublass Commelinidae

Ladies Hat Pin
Yellow-eyed Grasses
beachstar
bogbutton
bridalveil
bromeliads
bulrush
bur-reeds
cane
cattails
corn
cottongrass
dulichium
fimbry
gramineae
hairsedge
hechtia
jarilla
joinvillea
lachnanthes
lagenocarpus
mayaca
moss
mossgrass
murdannia
pipeworts
roseling
rushes
sedge
spiderworts
spikerush
spikesedge
stalkgrass
strap airplant
syngonanthus
tinantia
tripogandra
twigrush
water-hyacinth
yellow hatpins

Hierarchical position of the Sublass Commelinidae

   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  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  

Named members of the Sublass Commelinidae

1
   SuperOrdo  Bromelianae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.
  
 
2
   Ordo  Bromeliales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 54. 1829.
  
 
3
   Subordo  Bromeliineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 86. Mai 1898.
  
4
   Ordo  Velloziales R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 239. 13 Oct 1992.
 
5
   SuperOrdo  Commelinanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 514. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
 
6
   Ordo  Commelinales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 54. 1829.
  
 
7
   Subordo  Commelinineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 87. Mai 1898.
  
8
   Ordo  Eriocaulales Nakai
pub. Hisi-Shokubutsu: 49. 1930.
 
9
   Ordo  Xyridales Lindl.
pub. Veg. Kingd.: lvii, 185. Jan-Mai 1846.
 
10
   SuperOrdo  Hydatellanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
 
11
   Ordo  Hydatellales Cronquist in Takht.
pub. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 46: 317. 1980.
 
12
   SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
 
13
   Ordo  Cyperales Hutch.
pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 16, 193. 1934.
  
 
14
   Ordo  Juncales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 60. 1829.
  
 
15
   Subordo  Juncineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 88. Mai 1898.
  
16
   Ordo  Poales Small
pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.
  
 
17
   Ordo  Restionales Hook.f. in Le Maout & Decne.
pub. General Syst. Bot.: 1021. 25 Apr 1873.
 
18
   Subordo  Flagellariineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 85. Mai 1898.
19
   SuperOrdo  Pontederianae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
 
20
   Ordo  Haemodorales Hutch.
pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 15, 163. 1934.
  
 
21
   Ordo  Philydrales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 62. 1829.
 
22
   Subordo  Philydrineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 87. Mai 1898.
23
   Ordo  Pontederiales Hook.f. in Le Maout & Decne.
pub. General Syst. Bot.: 1021. 25 Apr 1873
  
 
24
   Subordo  Pontederiineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 87. Mai 1898.
  
25
   SuperOrdo  Typhanae Thorne ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 237. 1992.
  
 
26
   Ordo  Typhales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 65. 1829.
  
 

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.

For an index to other topics see

   Wild & cultivated plants of the world

 

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

  Order your copy here