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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Myrtoideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Myrtoideae

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  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Myrtanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 295. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Myrtales Rchb. pub. Bot. Damen: 475. 1828.       Subordo  Myrtineae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 616, 617, 1092, 1128. Jun 1835.       Familia  Myrtaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 322. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Myrtles       Subfamilia  Myrtoideae Sweet pub. Fl. Australas.: ad t. 10. 1 Aug 1827.

Named members of the Subfamily Myrtoideae

1	Tribus  Myrteae DC. pub. Linnaea 2: 504. Jul 1827.
	2    Genus  Myrtus L. pub. (1753) common name: myrtus

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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