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Vernacular names of plants within the Superorder Cucurbitanae

Hierarchical position of the Superorder Cucurbitanae

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  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Cucurbitanae Reveal pub. Phytologia 76: 4. 1994.

Named members of the Superorder Cucurbitanae

1	Ordo  Begoniales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 13. 1829.
	2    Subordo  Begoniineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 156. Mai 1898.      3    Familia  Begoniaceae C. Agardh pub. Aphor. Bot. (15): 200. 13 Jun 1824, nom. cons. common name: Begonias    4    Subordo  Datiscineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 156. Mai 1898.   5    Familia  Datiscaceae R. Br. ex Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot.: 109. Sep 1830. common name: Durango-roots
6	Ordo  Cucurbitales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28. 1829.
	7    Subordo  Cucurbitineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 190. Mai 1898.      8    Familia  Cucurbitaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 393. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons. common name: Cucumbers, Gourds, Watermelon

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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