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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Saururaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Saururaceae

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  Piperopsida Bartl. pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 78, 83. Sep 1830.       Subclassis  Piperidae Reveal pub. Phytologia 76: 3. 1994.       SuperOrdo  Piperanae Reveal pub. Phytologia 76: 3. 1994.       Ordo  Piperales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 65. 1829.       Familia  Saururaceae Rich. ex E. Meyer pub. Houttuynia: 20. 1827. common name: Lizard-tails

Named members of the Family Saururaceae

1	Genus  Anemopsis Hook. & Arn. common name: yerba mansa
2	Genus  Circaeocarpus C.Y.Wu
3	Genus  Gymnotheca Decne.
4	Genus  Houttuynia Thunb. common name: houttuynia
5	Genus  Neobiondia Pamp. syn. Saururus L.
6	Subfamilia  Saururoideae (Rich. ex E. Meyer) Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 130. 9 Mar 1832.
	7    Tribus  Saurureae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 66. 1829.      8    Genus  Saururus L. pub. (1753) common name: saururus

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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