Taxales
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Vernacular names of plants within the Order Taxales

nutmeg
stinking cedar
torreya
yew

Hierarchical position of the Order Taxales

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Pinophyta Cronquist
syn. Coniferophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: conifers, gymnosperms
  
   Subdivisio  Pinophytina Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Classis  Pinopsida Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 483, 1090. Jun 1835.
common name: Conifers
  
   Subclassis  Taxidae Ehrend. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 71. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Ordo  Taxales Knobl. in Warm.
pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. (ed. Knoblauch): 179. Apr 1890.
  

Named members of the Order Taxales

1
   Subordo  Taxineae Luerss.
pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 88. Aug 1879.
  
 
2
   Familia  Taxaceae Gray
pub. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 222, 226. 1 Nov 1821.
common name: Yews
  

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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