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[ Mendoncioideae ] [ Menispermoideae ] [ Menthoideae ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Menispermoideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Menispermoideae

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  Ranunculopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xxvi, 96. 12 Aug 1843.       Subclassis  Ranunculidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.       SuperOrdo  Ranunculanae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Menispermales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 132. Jul 1838.       Familia  Menispermaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 284. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Moonseeds       Subfamilia  Menispermoideae Arn. in Wight & Arn. pub. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient.: 11. 10 Oct 1834.

Named members of the Subfamily Menispermoideae

1	Tribus  Menispermeae DC. pub. Syst. Nat. 1: 510, 511. 1-15 Nov 1817.
	2    Subtribus  Menisperminae Miers pub. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 13: 123. Feb 1864.   3    Genus  Menispermum L. pub. (1753) common name: moonseed

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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