Melanthioideae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Melanthioideae

bunchflower

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Melanthioideae

   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  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Melanthiales R. Dahlgre ex Reveal
pub. 1992
  
   Familia  Melanthiaceae Batsch
pub. Tab. Affin. Regni Veg.: 133. 2 Mai 1802.
  
   Subfamilia  Melanthioideae Eaton
pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 27. Apr-Mai 1836.

Named members of the Subfamily Melanthioideae

1
   Tribus  Melanthieae Griseb.
pub. Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 377. Jan 1846.
 
2
   Genus  Melanthium L.
pub. (1753)
common name: bunchflower

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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