Elaeagnaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Elaeagnaceae

Nebraska currant
autumn olive bush
buffalo cherry
buffaloberry
elaeagnus
goumi
gumi fruits
oleaster
olive
sea berry
sea buckthorn
silverberry
tree of paradise

Hierarchical position of the Family Elaeagnaceae

   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  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Rhamnanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Elaeagnales Bromhead
pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 127. Jul 1838.
  
   Familia  Elaeagnaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 74. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Oleasters
  

Named members of the Family Elaeagnaceae

1
   Subfamilia  Elaeagnoideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 570, 571, 1091, 1145. Jun 1835.
  
 
2
   Tribus  Elaeagneae Rchb.
pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1(2): 162. Jan-Apr 1831.
  
 
3
   Genus  Elaeagnus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: elaeagnus
  
4
   Genus  Hippophae L.
pub. (1753)
common name: sea buckthorn
  
5
   Genus  Shepherdia Nutt.
common name: buffaloberry
  

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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