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[ Crocoideae ] [ Crotonoideae ] [ Cruckshanksioideae ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Crotonoideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Crotonoideae

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  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Euphorbianae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Euphorbiales Lindl. pub. Nix. Pl.: 13. 17 Sep 1833.       Familia  Euphorbiaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 384. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Spurges       Subfamilia  Crotonoideae Burmeist. pub. Handb. Naturgesch.: 247. 1837.

Named members of the Subfamily Crotonoideae

1	Tribus  Crotoneae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 45. 1829.
	2    Subtribus  Crotoninae Meisn. pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 340, Comm. 253. 18-24 Jul 1841.      3    Genus  Croton L. pub. (1753) common name: croton

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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