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Vernacular names of plants within the Superorder Nelumbonanae

Hierarchical position of the Superorder Nelumbonanae

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  Piperopsida Bartl. pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 78, 83. Sep 1830.       Subclassis  Nelumbonidae Takht. pub. 1997       SuperOrdo  Nelumbonanae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.

Named members of the Superorder Nelumbonanae

1	Ordo  Hydropeltidales Spenn. pub. Handb. Angew. Bot. 1: 202. 1-19 Jul 1834.
	2    Familia  Cabombaceae A. Rich. pub. Nouv. El�m. Bot., ed. 4: 420. 1828. common name: Water-Shields 3    Familia  Hydropeltidaceae (DC.) Dumort. pub. Comment. Bot.: 64. Nov-Dec 1822.
4	Ordo  Nelumbonales Willk. & Lange pub. Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: xxx. 1861.
	5    Familia  Nelumbonaceae (DC.) Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 53. 1829. common name: Lotus-lily, water lotus

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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