Eriocaulaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Eriocaulaceae

bogbutton
pipewort
syngonanthus
yellow hatpins

Hierarchical position of the Family Eriocaulaceae

   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  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  
   SuperOrdo  Commelinanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 514. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Eriocaulales Nakai
pub. Hisi-Shokubutsu: 49. 1930.
   Familia  Eriocaulaceae P. Beauv. ex Desv.
pub. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 13: 47. Jan 1828.
common name: Pipeworts, Ladies Hat Pin

Named members of the Family Eriocaulaceae

1
   Genus  Blastocaulon Ruhland
2
   Genus  Carptotepala Moldenke
syn. Syngonanthus Ruhland
3
   Genus  Comanthera L.B.Sm.
syn. Syngonanthus Ruhland
4
   Subfamilia  Eriocauloideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 416. Jun 1835.
 
5
   Tribus  Eriocauleae Bartl.
pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 36. Sep 1830.
 
6
   Genus  Eriocaulon L.
pub. (1753)
common name: pipewort
7
   Genus  Lachnocaulon Kunth
common name: bogbutton
8
   Genus  Leiothrix Ruhland
9
   Genus  Mesanthemum Korn.
10
   Genus  Moldenkeanthus Morat
syn. Paepalanthus Kunth
11
   Tribus  Paepalantheae K�rn.
pub. Linnaea 27: 564. Apr 1856.
 
12
   Genus  Paepalanthus Kunth
pub. (1841)
13
   Genus  Philodice Mart.
14
   Genus  Rondonanthus Herzog
syn. Paepalanthus Kunth
15
   Genus  Syngonanthus Ruhland
common name: syngonanthus
16
   Genus  Tonina Aubl.
17
   Genus  Wurdackia Moldenke
syn. Paepalanthus Kunth

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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