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Vernacular names of plants within the Superorder Urticanae

Hierarchical position of the Superorder Urticanae

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  Urticanae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 237. 1992.

Named members of the Superorder Urticanae

1

Ordo  Urticales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 15. 1829.

2    Familia  Cannabaceae Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 286. Oct 1837. common name: Hemps    3    Familia  Cecropiaceae C.C. Berg pub. Taxon 27: 39. 23 Mar 1978. 4    Familia  Celtidaceae Link pub. Handbuch 2: 441. Jan-Aug 1831.    5    Familia  Moraceae Link pub. Handbuch 2: 444. Jan-Aug 1831. common name: Mulberrys    6    Familia  Ulmaceae Mirb. pub. El�m. Phys. V�g. Bot.: 905. 1815, nom. cons. common name: Elms    7    Familia  Urticaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 400. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Nettles

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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