Marsileaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Marsileaceae

pillwort
waterclover

Hierarchical position of the Family Marsileaceae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Polypodiophyta Cronquist
syn. Filicinophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
common name: ferns
  
   Subdivisio  Polypodiophytina Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Classis  Polypodiopsida Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
  
   Subclassis  Polypodiidae Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
  
   Ordo  Marsileales J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Proc. Ohio Acad. Sci. 5: 295, 296. 5 Jan 1910
   Familia  Marsileaceae Mirb. in Lam. & Mirb.
pub. Hist. Nat. V�g. 5: 126. 21 Nov 1802.
common name: Waterclover

Named members of the Family Marsileaceae

1
   Genus  Calamistrum L. ex Kuntze
syn. Pilularia L.
2
   Genus  Lemma Juss. ex Adans.
syn. Marsilea L.
3
   Subfamilia  Marsileoideae Eaton
pub. Man. Bot., ed. 6: 81. 22 Mai-3 Jun 1833.
 
4
   Tribus  Marsileeae Duby
pub. Bot. Gall. 1: 542. 12-14 Apr 1828.
 
5
   Genus  Marsilea L.
pub. (1753)
common name: waterclover
6
   Genus  Pilularia L.
pub. (1753)
common name: pillwort
7
   Genus  Regnellidium Lindm.
8
   Genus  Spheroidea Dulac
syn. Marsilea L.
9
   Genus  Zaluzianskia Neck.
syn. Marsilea L.

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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