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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Betulaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Betulaceae

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  Hamamelididae Takht. pub. 1967       SuperOrdo  Juglandanae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Corylales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 11. 1829.       Familia  Betulaceae Gray pub. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 222, 243. 1 Nov 1821, nom. cons. common name: Birches, alders

Named members of the Family Betulaceae

1	Subfamilia  Betuloideae Rich. ex Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 131. 9 Mar 1832.
	2    Tribus  Alneae (Spach) Ledeb. pub. Fl. Ross. 3: 654. Nov 1850.      3    Genus  Alnus Mill. pub. (1754) common name: alder    4    Genus  Betula-Alnus 5    Tribus  Betuleae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 11. 1827.      6    Subtribus  Betulinae DC. ex Duby pub. Bot. Gall. 1: 422. 12-14 Apr 1828.      7    Genus  Betula L. pub. (1753) common name: birch

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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