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Vernacular names of plants within the Order Caryophyllales

Hierarchical position of the Order Caryophyllales

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

Named members of the Order Caryophyllales

1	Familia  Achatocarpaceae Harms in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 16c: 174. Jan-Apr 1934, nom. cons.
2	Familia  Agdestidaceae (Heimerl) Nakai pub. J. Jap. Bot. 18: 104. Mar 1942.
3	Familia  Aizoaceae F. Rudolphi pub. Syst. Orb. Veg.: 53. 1830. common name: iceplant
4	Familia  Amaranthaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 87. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Amaranths
5	Familia  Barbeuiaceae (H. Walter) Nakai pub. J. Jap. Bot. 18: 105. Mar 1942.
6	Familia  Basellaceae Moq. pub. Chenop. Monogr. Enum.: x. Mai 1840, nom. cons. common name: Madeira vines
7	Subordo  Cactineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 462. 15 Nov 1895.
	8    Familia  Cactaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 310. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Cactus
9	Subordo  Caryophyllineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 461. 15 Nov 1895.
	10    Familia  Caryophyllaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 299. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Pinks
11	Familia  Chenopodiaceae Vent. pub. Tabl. R�gne V�g. 2: 253. 5 Mai 1799. common name: Goosefoots
12	Familia  Didiereaceae Drake pub. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9: 36. 17 Feb 1903, nom. cons.
13	Familia  Gisekiaceae (Fenzl) Nakai pub. J. Jap. Bot. 18: 102. Mar 1942.
14	Familia  Halophytaceae A. Soriano pub. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 23: 161. 29 Aug 1984.
15	Familia  Molluginaceae Hutch. pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 1: 128. Feb-Mar 1926, nom. cons. common name: Carpet-weeds
16	Familia  Nyctaginaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 90. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Four o'clock
17	Familia  Petiveriaceae C. Agardh pub. Aphor. Bot. (15): 221. 13 Jun 1824.
18	Subordo  Phytolaccineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 112. Mai 1898.
	19    Familia  Phytolaccaceae R. Br. in Tuckey pub. Narr. Exped. Zaire: 454. 5 Mar 1818. common name: Pokeberries
20	Subordo  Portulacineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 113. Mai 1898.
	21    Familia  Hectorellaceae Philipson & Skipw. pub. Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand Bot. 1: 31. 20 Sep 1961. 22    Familia  Portulacaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 312. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Purslanes
23	Familia  Sarcobataceae Behnke pub. Taxon 46: 503. Aug 1997.
24	Familia  Sesuviaceae Horan. pub. Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 83. Jul-Dec 1834.
25	Familia  Stegnospermataceae (A. Rich.) Nakai pub. J. Jap. Bot. 18: 108. Mar 1942.
26	Familia  Tetragoniaceae Nakai pub. J. Jap. Bot. 18: 103. Mar 1942, nom. cons.

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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