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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Droseraceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Droseraceae

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  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Nepenthanae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 71. 29 Apr 1996.       Ordo  Droserales Griseb. pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 75. Jan-Jun 1854.       Familia  Droseraceae Salisb. pub. Parad. Lond. 2: ad t. 95. 1808. common name: Sundews and Venus Flytrap

Named members of the Family Droseraceae

1	Genus  Aldrovanda L. pub. (1753)
2	Genus  Dionaea Sol. ex Ellis pub. (1768) common name: Venus flytrap
3	Subfamilia  Droseroideae Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 98. 9 Mar 1832.
	4    Tribus  Drosereae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 115. 1827.      5    Genus  Drosera L. pub. (1753) common name: sundew
6	Genus  Drosophyllum Link pub. (1805)

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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