Nymphaeanae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Superorder Nymphaeanae

blue lotus of the Nile
egyptian lotus
euryale
lily
pondlily
waterlilies
waterlily

Hierarchical position of the Superorder Nymphaeanae

   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  Piperopsida Bartl.
pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 78, 83. Sep 1830.
  
   Subclassis  Nymphaeidae J.W. Walker ex Takht.
pub. Divers. Classif. Fl. Pl.: 74. 1 Mai 1997.
  
   SuperOrdo  Nymphaeanae Thorne ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  

Named members of the Superorder Nymphaeanae

1
   Ordo  Nymphaeales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 53. 1829.
  
 
2
   Familia  Barclayaceae (Endl.) H.L. Li
pub. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 54: 40. 27 Aug 1955.
3
   Subordo  Nymphaeineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 115. Mai 1898.
  
 
4
   Familia  Nymphaeaceae Salisb.
pub. Ann. Bot. (K�nig & Sims) 2: 70. Jun 1805.
common name: Waterlilies
  

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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