More Family entries
[ Cephaloziellaceae ] [ Ceratophyllaceae ] [ Cercidiphyllaceae ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Family Ceratophyllaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Ceratophyllaceae

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  Piperopsida Bartl. pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 78, 83. Sep 1830.       Subclassis  Nelumbonidae Takht. pub. 1997       SuperOrdo  Ceratophyllanae Takht. ex Reveal & Doweld pub. 1998    Ordo  Ceratophyllales Bisch. pub. Lehrb. Bot. 2(2): 847. 1839.    Familia  Ceratophyllaceae Gray pub. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 395, 554. 1 Nov 1821. common name: Hornworts

Named members of the Family Ceratophyllaceae

1	Subfamilia  Ceratophylloideae (Gray) Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 108. 9 Mar 1832.
	2    Tribus  Ceratophylleae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 165. 1827.   3    Genus  Ceratophyllum L. pub. (1753) common name: hornwort

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.

For an index to other topics see

   Plant families