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Vernacular names of plants within the Superorder Geranianae

allseed
averrhoa
balanites
beancaper
caltrop
creosote bush
desert date
digynum flax
dwarf-flax
fagonbush
flaxes
geraniums
lignum-vitae
malpighias
manduro
milkworts
peganum
puncturevine
radiola
ratans
sclerolinon
stork's bill
touch-me-not
wood-sorrels

Hierarchical position of the Superorder Geranianae

   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  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Geranianae Thorne ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  

Named members of the Superorder Geranianae

1
   Ordo  Balsaminales Lindl.
pub. Nix. Pl.: 14. 17 Sep 1833.
  
 
2
   Subordo  Balsaminineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 146. Mai 1898.
  
 
3
   Familia  Balsaminaceae A. Rich. in Bory
pub. Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 2: 173. 31 Dec 1822.
common name: Touch-me-nots
  
4
   Ordo  Geraniales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 42. 1829.
  
 
5
   Subordo  Geraniineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 461. 15 Nov 1895.
  
 
6
   Familia  Geraniaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 268. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Geraniums
  
7
   Familia  Oxalidaceae R. Br. in Tuckey
pub. Narr. Exped. Zaire: 433. 5 Mar 1818.
common name: Wood-sorrels
  
8
   Ordo  Linales Baskerville
pub. Aff. Pl.: 107. 1839.
  
 
9
   Familia  Ctenolophonaceae (H. Winkl.) Exell & Mendon�a
pub. Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 248, 392. 20 Aug 1951.
10
   Familia  Erythroxylaceae Kunth in Humb.
pub. Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: fol. 135, qu. 175. 25 Feb 1
  
11
   Familia  Hugoniaceae Arn. in Wight & Arn.
pub. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 71. 10 Oct 1834.
12
   Familia  Humiriaceae A. Juss. in A. St.-Hil.
pub. Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 87. 10 Oct 1829, nom. cons.
13
   Familia  Ixonanthaceae (Benth.) Exell & Mendon�a
pub. Bol. Soc. Brot., ser. 2, 25: 105. 1951, nom. cons.
14
   Familia  Linaceae DC. ex Gray
pub. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 622, 639. 1 Nov 1821.
common name: Flaxes
  
15
   Familia  Zygophyllaceae
common name: Caltrops
  
16
   Ordo  Polygalales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20. 1829.
  
 
17
   Familia  Emblingiaceae (Pax) Airy Shaw
pub. Kew Bull. 18: 257. 8 Dec 1964.
18
   Subordo  Polygalineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 461. 15 Nov 1895.
  
 
19
   Familia  Polygalaceae R. Br. in Flinders
pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 542. 19 Jul 1814.
common name: Milkworts
  
20
   Familia  Xanthophyllaceae (Baill. ex Engl.) Gagnep. ex Reveal & Ho
pub. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., ser. 4, sect. B Adansonia, 12:
  
21
   Ordo  Vochysiales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 37. 1829.
  
 
22
   Familia  Krameriaceae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20, 23. 1829, nom. cons.
common name: Ratans
  
23
   Subordo  Malpighiineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 139. Mai 1898.
  
 
24
   Familia  Malpighiaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 252. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Malpighias
  
25
   Familia  Tremandraceae R. Br. ex DC.
pub. Prodr. 1: 343. Jan 1824.
26
   Familia  Trigoniaceae Endl.
pub. Ench. Bot.: 570. 15-21 Aug 1841, nom. cons.
27
   Familia  Vochysiaceae A. St.-Hil.
pub. M�m. Mus. Hist. Nat. 6: 265. 1820.

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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