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Vernacular names of plants within the Superorder Geranianae

Hierarchical position of the Superorder Geranianae

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  Geranianae Thorne ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.

Named members of the Superorder Geranianae

1	Ordo  Balsaminales Lindl. pub. Nix. Pl.: 14. 17 Sep 1833.
	2    Subordo  Balsaminineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 146. Mai 1898.      3    Familia  Balsaminaceae A. Rich. in Bory pub. Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 2: 173. 31 Dec 1822. common name: Touch-me-nots
4	Ordo  Geraniales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 42. 1829.
	5    Subordo  Geraniineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 461. 15 Nov 1895.      6    Familia  Geraniaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 268. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Geraniums    7    Familia  Oxalidaceae R. Br. in Tuckey pub. Narr. Exped. Zaire: 433. 5 Mar 1818. common name: Wood-sorrels
8	Ordo  Linales Baskerville pub. Aff. Pl.: 107. 1839.
	9    Familia  Ctenolophonaceae (H. Winkl.) Exell & Mendon�a pub. Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 248, 392. 20 Aug 1951. 10    Familia  Erythroxylaceae Kunth in Humb. pub. Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: fol. 135, qu. 175. 25 Feb 1    11    Familia  Hugoniaceae Arn. in Wight & Arn. pub. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 71. 10 Oct 1834. 12    Familia  Humiriaceae A. Juss. in A. St.-Hil. pub. Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 87. 10 Oct 1829, nom. cons. 13    Familia  Ixonanthaceae (Benth.) Exell & Mendon�a pub. Bol. Soc. Brot., ser. 2, 25: 105. 1951, nom. cons. 14    Familia  Linaceae DC. ex Gray pub. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 622, 639. 1 Nov 1821. common name: Flaxes    15    Familia  Zygophyllaceae common name: Caltrops
16	Ordo  Polygalales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20. 1829.
	17    Familia  Emblingiaceae (Pax) Airy Shaw pub. Kew Bull. 18: 257. 8 Dec 1964. 18    Subordo  Polygalineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 461. 15 Nov 1895.      19    Familia  Polygalaceae R. Br. in Flinders pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 542. 19 Jul 1814. common name: Milkworts    20    Familia  Xanthophyllaceae (Baill. ex Engl.) Gagnep. ex Reveal & Ho pub. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., ser. 4, sect. B Adansonia, 12:
21	Ordo  Vochysiales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 37. 1829.
	22    Familia  Krameriaceae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20, 23. 1829, nom. cons. common name: Ratans    23    Subordo  Malpighiineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 139. Mai 1898.      24    Familia  Malpighiaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 252. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Malpighias    25    Familia  Tremandraceae R. Br. ex DC. pub. Prodr. 1: 343. Jan 1824. 26    Familia  Trigoniaceae Endl. pub. Ench. Bot.: 570. 15-21 Aug 1841, nom. cons. 27    Familia  Vochysiaceae A. St.-Hil. pub. M�m. Mus. Hist. Nat. 6: 265. 1820.

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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