Trapaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Trapaceae

caltrop
nut
water caltop
water chestnut

Hierarchical position of the Family Trapaceae

   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  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Myrtanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 295. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Myrtales Rchb.
pub. Bot. Damen: 475. 1828.
  
   Familia  Trapaceae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 36, 39. 1829, nom. cons.
  

Named members of the Family Trapaceae

1
   Subfamilia  Trapoideae Voigt
pub. Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 34. Aug-Dec 1845.
  
 
2
   Tribus  Trapeae Rchb.
pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2(2): 633. 1832.
  
 
3
   Genus  Trapa L.
pub. (1753)
common name: water chestnut
  

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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