SuperOrdo
Balanophoranae
R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.
Ordo
Balanophorales
Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 65. 1829.
Subordo
Balanophorineae
Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 108. Mai 1898.
Familia
Mystropetalaceae
Hook.f. in Lindl.
pub. Veg. Kingd., ed. 3: 94. Aug 1853.
Subfamilia
Mystropetaloideae
Engl. in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 1: 250, 252. Aug 1889.
Tribus
Mystropetaleae
Eichler
pub. Prodr. 17: 123. 16 Oct 1873.
Genus
Mystropetalon
Harv.
pub. (1838)
Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with
The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.
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