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[ Cardiopteridoideae ] [ Carduoideae ] [ Caricoideae ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Carduoideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Carduoideae

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  Asteridae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Asteranae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 451. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Asterales Lindl. pub. 1833       Familia  Asteraceae Dumort. pub. Comment. Bot.: 55. Nov-Dec 1822. common name: Sunflowers       Subfamilia  Carduoideae Cass. ex Sweet pub. Hort. Brit.: 213. Jul-Aug 1826.

Named members of the Subfamily Carduoideae

1	Tribus  Cardueae Cass. pub. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 155. Feb 1819.
	2    Subtribus  Carduinae (Cass.) Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 73. 1827.      3    Genus  Carduus L. pub. (1753) common name: plumeless thistle

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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