Lecythidanae
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[ Lauranae ] [ Lecythidanae ] [ Lilianae ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Superorder Lecythidanae

barringtonia
bertholletia
brazil-nuts
brazilnut
cannonball tree
lecythis
paradise nut

Hierarchical position of the Superorder Lecythidanae

   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  Lecythidanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.

Named members of the Superorder Lecythidanae

1
   Ordo  Lecythidales Cronquist
pub. Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxelles 27: 23. 31 Mar 1957.
 
2
   Familia  Asteranthaceae R. Knuth in Engl.
pub. Pflanzenr., IV, 219b (Heft 105): 1. 22 Aug 1939, nom. cons.
3
   Familia  Foetidiaceae (Nied.) Airy Shaw
pub. Kew Bull. 18: 258. 8 Dec 1964.
4
   Familia  Lecythidaceae Poit.
pub. M�m. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 143. Mar 1825.
common name: Brazil-Nuts
5
   Familia  Napoleonaeaceae A. Rich. in Bory
pub. Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 11: 432. 10 Feb 1827.

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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