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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Empetroideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Empetroideae

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  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Ericanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 221. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Ericales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28. 1829.       Subordo  Ericineae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 901, 937, 938, 1108. Jun 1835.       Familia  Ericaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 159. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Heaths, Heathers       Subfamilia  Empetroideae Nutt. ex Sweet pub. Hort. Brit.: 491. Sep-Oct 1826.

Named members of the Subfamily Empetroideae

1	Genus  Ceratiola Michx. common name: ceratiola
2	Tribus  Coremateae Pax in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 5: 126. Jun 1891.
	3    Genus  Corema D. Don pub. (1826) common name: corema
4	Tribus  Empetreae Horan. pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 109. 1847.
	5    Genus  Empetrum L. pub. (1753) common name: crowberry

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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