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[ Melittacanthus ] [ Melittis ] [ Mellera ]

Hierarchical position of the Genus Melittis

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  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Lamianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Lamiales Bromhead pub. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 2: 210. Apr 1838.       Subordo  Lamiineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 464. 15 Nov 1895.       Familia  Lamiaceae Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 275. Jul 1836. common name: Labiatae       Tribus  Melittideae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 43. 1827.       Subtribus  Melittidinae Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 623. Aug 1838.       Genus  Melittis L. pub. (1753)

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.