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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Nyctaginaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Nyctaginaceae

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  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Familia  Nyctaginaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 90. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Four o'clock

Named members of the Family Nyctaginaceae

1	Tribus  Abronieae S. Watson in W.H. Brewer & S. Watson pub. Bot. Calif. 2: 1. 1880.
	2    Subtribus  Abroniinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 3: 2. 7 Apr 1880.      3    Genus  Abronia Juss. pub. (1789) common name: sand verbena
4	Tribus  Acleisantheae S. Watson in W.H. Brewer & S. Watson pub. Bot. Calif. 2: 2. 1880.
	5    Genus  Acleisanthes A. Gray pub. (1853) common name: trumpets
6	Tribus  Allionieae Rchb. pub. Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 174. 1-7 Oct 1837.
	7    Genus  Allionia L. pub. (1759) common name: windmills
8	Genus  Allioniella Rydb.
9	Genus  Ammocodon Standl. common name: ammocodon
10	Genus  Andradea Allemao
11	Genus  Anulocaulis Standl. common name: ringstem
12	Genus  Belemia Pires
13	Tribus  Boerhavieae Choisy in DC. pub. Prodr. 13(2): 427, 438. 5 Mai 1849.
	14    Subtribus  Boerhaviinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 3: 2. 7 Apr 1880.   15    Genus  Boerhavia L. pub. (1753) common name: spiderling
16	Subtribus  Boldoinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 3: 3. 7 Apr 1880.
	17    Genus  Boldoa Cav. ex Lag. pub. (1816)
18	Tribus  Bougainvilleeae Choisy in DC. pub. Prodr. 13(2): 427, 436. 5 Mai 1849.
	19    Subtribus  Bougainvilleinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 3: 2. 7 Apr 1880.      20    Genus  Bougainvillea Comm. ex Juss. pub. (1789) common name: bougainvillea
21	Genus  Calpidia Thouars syn. Pisonia L.
22	Genus  Caribea Alain
23	Genus  Ceodes J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. syn. Pisonia L.
24	Genus  Cephalotomandra H.Karst. & Triana
25	Subtribus  Collignoniinae Heimerl in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr.: 155. Aug 1897.
	26    Genus  Colignonia Endl. pub. (1837)
27	Genus  Colliguonia Endl. syn. Colignonia Endl.
28	Genus  Commicarpus Standl.
29	Genus  Cryptocarpus Kunth
30	Genus  Cuscatlania Standl.
31	Genus  Cyphomeris Standl. common name: cyphomeris
32	Genus  Grajalesia Miranda
33	Genus  Guapira Aubl. common name: guapira
34	Genus  Heimerlia Skottsb. syn. Pisonia L.
35	Genus  Heimerliodendron Skottsb. syn. Pisonia L.
36	Genus  Hermidium S.Watson syn. Mirabilis L.
37	Genus  Hesperonia Standl.
38	Genus  Izabalaea Lundell
39	Tribus  Leucastereae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 3: 3. 7 Apr 1880.
	40    Genus  Leucaster Choisy pub. (1849)
41	Tribus  Mirabilideae Meisn. pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 318, Comm. 229. 18-24 Jul 1841.
	42    Genus  Mirabilis L. pub. (1753) common name: four o'clock
43	Genus  Neea Ruiz & Pav.
44	Genus  Neeopsis Lundell
45	Genus  Nyctaginia Choisy common name: nyctaginia
46	Subfamilia  Nyctaginoideae Eaton pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 31. Apr-Mai 1836.
	47    Tribus  Nyctagineae Horan. pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 106. 1847.   48    Genus  Nyctago Juss. pub. (1789)
49	Genus  Okenia Schltdl. & Cham. common name: okenia
50	Genus  Oxybaphus L'Her. ex Willd.
51	Genus  Phaeoptilum Radlk.
52	Genus  Pisoniella (Heimerl) Standl.
53	Subfamilia  Pisonioideae D. Parodi pub. Contr. Fl. Paraguay 2: 12. Jan-Mar 1878.
	54    Tribus  Pisonieae Meisn. pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 318, Comm. 230. 18-24 Jul 1841.   55    Genus  Pisonia L. pub. (1753) common name: catchbirdtree
56	Genus  Quamoclidion Choisy
57	Genus  Ramisia Glaz. ex Baill.
58	Genus  Reichenbachia Spreng.
59	Genus  Rockia Heimerl syn. Pisonia L.
60	Genus  Salpianthus Bonpl.
61	Genus  Selinocarpus A.Gray common name: moonpod
62	Genus  Senckenbergia Post & Kuntze syn. Cyphomeris Standl.
63	Genus  Timeroya Benth. syn. Pisonia L.
64	Genus  Timeroyea Montrouz. syn. Pisonia L.
65	Genus  Torrubia Vell. syn. Pisonia L.
66	Genus  Torrukia Vell. syn. Pisonia L.
67	Genus  Tricycla Cav. syn. Bougainvillea Comm. ex Juss.
68	Genus  Tripterocalyx (Torr.) Hook. common name: sandpuffs
69	Genus  Wedeliella Cockerell syn. Allionia 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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