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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Astragaloideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Astragaloideae

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  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Fabaceae Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836. common name: Leguminosae       Subfamilia  Astragaloideae F. Schwarz pub. Forstl. Bot.: 346. Oct 1891.

Named members of the Subfamily Astragaloideae

1	Tribus  Astragaleae Adans. ex Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 102. 1827.
	2    Subtribus  Astragalinae Adans. ex DC. pub. Prodr. 2: 273. mid Nov 1825.      3    Genus  Astragalus L. pub. (1753) common name: milkvetch

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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