Alismataceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Alismataceae

arrowhead
burrhead
damasonium
duck potato
springtape
wapatoo
waterplantain

Hierarchical position of the Family Alismataceae

   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  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Alismatidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 461. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Alismatanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 461. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Alismatales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 54. 1829.
  
   Subordo  Alismatineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 73. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Alismataceae Vent.
pub. Tabl. R�gne V�g. 2: 157. 5 Mai 1799, nom. cons.
common name: waterplantain
  

Named members of the Family Alismataceae

1
   Genus  Actinocarpus R.Br.
syn. Damasonium Mill.
2
   Genus  Albidella Pichon
syn. Echinodorus Rich. ex Engelm.
3
   Subfamilia  Alismatoideae (Lam. & DC.) Arn.
pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 136. 9 Mar 1832.
 
4
   Tribus  Alismateae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 135. 1827.
 
5
   Genus  Alisma L.
pub. (1753)
common name: waterplantain
6
   Genus  Baldellia Parl.
common name: waterplantain
7
   Genus  Burnatia Micheli
8
   Genus  Caldesia Parl.
9
   Tribus  Damasonieae Parl.
pub. Fl. Ital. 3: 600. 1858.
 
10
   Genus  Damasonium Mill.
pub. (1754)
common name: damasonium
11
   Genus  Echinodorus Rich. ex Engelm.
common name: burrhead
12
   Genus  Helanthium (Benth.) Engelm. ex Britton
syn. Echinodorus Rich. ex Engelm.
13
   Genus  Limnophyton Miq.
14
   Genus  Lophotocarpus T.Durand
syn. Sagittaria L.
15
   Genus  Luronium Raf.
16
   Genus  Machaerocarpus Small
17
   Genus  Ranalisma Stapf
18
   Genus  Rautanenia Buchenau
syn. Burnatia Micheli
19
   Subfamilia  Sagittarioideae Luerss.
pub. Grundz. Bot., ed. 5: 446. Jun 1893.
  
 
20
   Tribus  Sagittarieae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 135. 1827.
  
 
21
   Genus  Sagittaria L.
pub. (1753)
common name: arrowhead
  
22
   Tribus  Wiesnerieae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 1: 67. Apr 1892.
 
23
   Genus  Wiesneria Micheli
pub. (1881)

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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