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[ Balanopales ] [ Balanophorales ] [ Balsaminales ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Order Balanophorales

Hierarchical position of the Order Balanophorales

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  Piperopsida Bartl. pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 78, 83. Sep 1830.       Subclassis  Piperidae Reveal pub. Phytologia 76: 3. 1994.       SuperOrdo  Balanophoranae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.    Ordo  Balanophorales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 65. 1829.

Named members of the Order Balanophorales

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Subordo  Balanophorineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 108. Mai 1898.

2    Familia  Balanophoraceae Rich. pub. M�m. Mus. Hist. Nat. 8: 429. 18 Nov 1822. 3    Familia  Dactylanthaceae (Engl.) Takht. pub. Sist. Magnoliof.: 43. 31 Mar-1 Jun 1987. 4    Familia  Heloseaceae (Schott & Endl.) Bromhead pub. Mag. Nat. Hist., n.s., 4: 336, 338. Jul 1840. 5    Familia  Langsdorffiaceae Tiegh. ex Pilger in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 4: 76. Apr 1914. 6    Familia  Lophophytaceae (Schott & Endl.) Bromhead pub. Mag. Nat. Hist., n.s., 4: 336, 338. Jul 1840. 7    Familia  Mystropetalaceae Hook.f. in Lindl. pub. Veg. Kingd., ed. 3: 94. Aug 1853. 8    Familia  Sarcophytaceae A. Kern. pub. Pflanzenleben 2: 708, 709. 1891. 9    Familia  Scybaliaceae A. Kern. pub. Pflanzenleben 2: 708, 709. 1891.

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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