Polygonanae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Superorder Polygonanae

antigonon
bellisima grande
buckwheat
centrostegia
coral vine
cottonheads
goldencarpet
hollisteria
homalocladium
jointweed
knotweeds
lastarriaea
maidenhair vine
mountainsorrel
oxytheca
spineflower
spinycape
three-corner-jack

Hierarchical position of the Superorder Polygonanae

   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  Caryophyllidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Polygonanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  

Named members of the Superorder Polygonanae

1
   Ordo  Polygonales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 15. 1829.
  
 
2
   Familia  Polygonaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 82. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Knotweeds
  

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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