Lowiaceae
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Hierarchical position of the Family Lowiaceae

   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  Zingiberidae Cronquist
pub. 1978
  
   SuperOrdo  Zingiberanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   Ordo  Zingiberales Griseb.
pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 167. Jan-Jun 1854.
  
   Familia  Lowiaceae Ridl.
pub. Fl. Malay Penins. 4: 291. 1 Dec 1924, nom. cons.

Named members of the Family Lowiaceae

1
   Tribus  Lowieae Baker
pub. Ann. Bot. 7: 0000000. 1893.
 
2
   Genus  Lowia Scort.
pub. (1886)
3
   Genus  Orchidantha N.E.Br.
4
   Genus  Protamomum Ridl.
syn. Orchidantha N.E.Br.
5
   Genus  Wolfia Post & Kuntze
syn. Orchidantha N.E.Br.

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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