Portulacineae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Suborder Portulacineae

fameflower
miner's lettuce
portulacaria
purslanes
pussy paws
redmaids
springbeauty
talinopsis

Hierarchical position of the Suborder Portulacineae

   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  Caryophyllidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb
pub. 1826
  
   Subordo  Portulacineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 113. Mai 1898.
  

Named members of the Suborder Portulacineae

1
   Familia  Hectorellaceae Philipson & Skipw.
pub. Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand Bot. 1: 31. 20 Sep 1961.
 
2
   Familia  Portulacaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 312. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Purslanes
  
 
3
   Subfamilia  Calyptrothecoideae Gilg in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr.: 177, 178. Aug 1897.
4
   Subfamilia  Lewisioideae Hook. ex Torr. & A. Gray
pub. Fl. N. Amer. 1: 677. Jun 1840.
  
5
   Subfamilia  Portulacoideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 739, 1131. Jun 1835.
  

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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