Phormiaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Phormiaceae

'uki'uki
New Zealand flax
cerulean flaxlily
dianella
phormium

Hierarchical position of the Family Phormiaceae

   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  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Agavales Hutch.
pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 14, 149. 1934.
  
   Familia  Phormiaceae J. Agardh
pub. Theoria Syst. Pl.: 7. Apr-Sep 1858.
  

Named members of the Family Phormiaceae

1
   Genus  Agrostocrinum F.Muell.
2
   Tribus  Dianelleae Baker
pub. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 521. 24 Apr 1875.
 
3
   Subtribus  Dianellinae Benth.
pub. Fl. Austral. 7: 4. 23-30 Mar 1878.
 
4
   Genus  Dianella Lam.
pub. (1786)
common name: dianella
5
   Genus  Eccremis Baker
6
   Genus  Excremis Willd.
syn. Eccremis Baker
7
   Genus  Phormium J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
pub. (1775)
common name: phormium
  
8
   Genus  Stypandra R.Br.
9
   Genus  Thelionema R.J.F.Hend.

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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