Convallariaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Convallariaceae

Oregon drops of gold
bluebead
bride's bonnet
clintonia
drops of gold
fairybells
false lily of the vally
false spikenard
lily
lily of the valley
lilyturf
mayflower
solomon's seal
starry false Solomon's-seal
starry false lily of the valley
threeleaf false lily of the valley
twistedstalk
yellow mandarin

Hierarchical position of the Family Convallariaceae

   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  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Asparagales Bromhead
pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 132. Jul 1838.
  
   Familia  Convallariaceae Horan.
pub. Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 53. Jul-Dec 1834.
  

Named members of the Family Convallariaceae

1
   Genus  Antherolophus Gagnep.
syn. Aspidistra Ker Gawl.
2
   Subfamilia  Aspidistroideae (Endl.) Lindl.
pub. Veg. Kingd.: 202, 205. Jan-Mai 1846.
 
3
   Tribus  Aspidistreae Endl. ex Meisn.
pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 397, 403, Comm. 307. 17-20 Aug 1
 
4
   Subtribus  Aspidistrinae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 1: 84. Apr 1892.
 
5
   Genus  Aspidistra Ker Gawl.
pub. (1822)
6
   Genus  Brachycyrtis Koidz.
syn. Tricyrtis Wall.
7
   Genus  Campylandra Baker
syn. Tupistra Ker Gawl.
8
   Genus  Clintonia Raf.
common name: bluebead
  
9
   Genus  Colania Gagnep.
syn. Aspidistra Ker Gawl.
10
   Subfamilia  Convallarioideae Herb.
pub. Amaryllidaceae: 48. late Apr 1837.
  
 
11
   Tribus  Convallarieae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 138. 1827.
  
 
12
   Genus  Convallaria L.
pub. (1753)
common name: lily of the valley
  
13
   Genus  Disporopsis Hance
14
   Genus  Disporum Salisb. ex D.Don
common name: fairybells
  
15
   Genus  Gonioscypha Baker
16
   Genus  Kreysigia Rchb.
syn. Schelhammera R.Br.
17
   Genus  Kuntheria Conran & Clifford
18
   Tribus  Liriopeae Baker
pub. J. Linn Soc., Bot. 14: 509. 24 Apr 1875.
  
 
19
   Genus  Liriope Lour.
pub. (1790)
common name: lilyturf
  
20
   Tribus  Maianthemeae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 60. 1829.
  
 
21
   Genus  Maianthemum F.H. Wigg.
pub. (1780)
common name: mayflower
  
22
   Genus  Oligobotrya Baker
syn. Maianthemum Weber
23
   Tribus  Polygonateae Benth. & Hook.f.
pub. Gen. Pl. 3: 749, 752. 14 Apr 1883.
  
 
24
   Genus  Polygonatum Mill.
pub. (1754)
common name: Solomon's seal
  
25
   Genus  Reineckea Kunth   
26
   Genus  Rohdea Roth
27
   Genus  Schelhammera R.Br.
28
   Genus  Smilacina Desf.
syn. Maianthemum Weber
  
29
   Genus  Speirantha Baker
30
   Tribus  Streptopeae Baker
pub. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 522. 24 Apr 1875.
 
31
   Genus  Streptopus Michx.
pub. (1803)
common name: twistedstalk
32
   Genus  Theropogon Maxim.
33
   Genus  Tricalistra Ridl.
34
   Genus  Tripladenia D.Don
35
   Tribus  Tupistreae Horan.
pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 55. 1847.
 
36
   Genus  Tupistra Ker Gawl.
pub. (1814)

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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