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[ Myrtales ]
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Vernacular names of plants within the Order Myrtales
Rangoon creeper
acisanthera
anogeissus
buchenavia
bucida
camasey
cigar flower
clover ash
combretum
decodon
didiplis
dissotis
evening-primroses
false heather
ginoria
graffenrieda
gregorywood
gum ghatti
heimia
heterocentron
heterotrichum
hogwood
laguncularia
lawsonia
leandra
loosestrife
mangos
mangrove
meadowbeauty
mecranium
melastomes
myrtles
nepsera
redstem
rotala
scutula
snailwood
trembleya
waxweed
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Hierarchical position of the Order Myrtales
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Regnum
Plantae
common name:
The plant kingdom
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Divisio
Magnoliophyta
Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name:
angiosperms, flowering plants
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Subdivisio
Magnoliophytina
Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name:
Angiosperms
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Classis
Rosopsida
Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
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Subclassis
Rosidae
Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
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SuperOrdo
Myrtanae
Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 295. Jan-Mar 1967.
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Ordo
Myrtales
Rchb.
pub. Bot. Damen: 475. 1828.
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Named members of the Order Myrtales
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Familia
Alzateaceae
S.A. Graham
pub. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 71: 775. 19 Apr 1985.
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2
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Familia
Combretaceae
R. Br.
pub. Prodr.: 351. 27 Mar 1810, nom. cons.
common name:
Combretum, Mangos
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3
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Familia
Crypteroniaceae
A. DC. in DC.
pub. Prodr. 16(2): 677. Jul 1868, nom. cons.
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4
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Familia
Heteropyxidaceae
Engl. & Gilg
pub. Engler's Syllabus, ed. 8: 281. Jan-Feb 1920, nom. cons.
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5
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Familia
Lythraceae
J. St.-Hil.
pub. Expos. Fam. Nat. 2: 175. Feb-Apr 1805.
common name:
Loosestrife
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6
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Familia
Melastomataceae
Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 328. 4 Aug 1789.
common name:
Melastomes
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7
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Subordo
Myrtineae
Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 616, 617, 1092, 1128. Jun 1835.
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8
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Familia
Myrtaceae
Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 322. 4 Aug 1789.
common name:
Myrtles
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9
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Familia
Oliniaceae
Harv. & Sond.
pub. Fl. Cap. 2: ix. 15-31 Oct 1862.
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10
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Subordo
Onagrineae
Rchb.
pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: lxviii. Jul 1841.
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11
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Familia
Onagraceae
Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 317. 4 Aug 1789.
common name:
Evening-primroses
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12
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Familia
Penaeaceae
Sweet ex Guill. in Bory
pub. Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 13: 171. 1 Mar 1828, nom. cons.
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13
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Familia
Psiloxylaceae
Croizat
pub. Principia Bot.: 604, 1161, 1164. Jun 1960.
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14
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Familia
Rhynchocalycaceae
L.A.S. Johnson & B.G. Briggs
pub. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 71: 732. 19 Apr 1985.
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15
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Familia
Trapaceae
Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 36, 39. 1829, nom. cons.
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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.
For an index to other topics see
Wild & cultivated plants of the world
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