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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Melanthioideae

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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