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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Scleranthus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Scleranthus

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  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Subordo  Caryophyllineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 461. 15 Nov 1895.       Familia  Caryophyllaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 299. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Pinks       Subfamilia  Scleranthoideae Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 112. 9 Mar 1832.    Tribus  Sclerantheae Link ex DC. pub. Prodr. 3: 377. mid Mar 1828.    Subtribus  Scleranthinae Fenzl pub. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 326. 12 Mai 1843.    Genus  Scleranthus L. pub. (1753) common name: German knotgrass

Named members of the Genus Scleranthus

1	Species  annuus L. common name: German knotgrass
2	Species  perennis L. common name: perennial knawel

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.