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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Galax

Hierarchical position of the Genus Galax

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  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Ericanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 221. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Diapensiales Engl. & Gilg pub. Engler's Syllabus, ed. 9-10: 314. Nov-Dec 1924.       Familia  Diapensiaceae (Link) Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 233. Jul 1836, nom. cons.       Subfamilia  Galacoideae (D. Don) Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 112. 9 Mar 1832.       Tribus  Galaceae DC. pub. Prodr. 7: 776. late Dec 1839.       Genus  Galax Sims pub. (1804) common name: galaxy

Named members of the Genus Galax

1	Species  aphylla auct. non L. syn. Galax urceolata
2	Species  urceolata (Poir.) Brummitt common name: beetleweed, galaxy

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.