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Vernacular names of plants within the Tribe Ledeae

Hierarchical position of the Tribe Ledeae

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  Ericanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 221. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Ericales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28. 1829.       Subordo  Ericineae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 901, 937, 938, 1108. Jun 1835.       Familia  Ericaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 159. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Heaths, Heathers       Subfamilia  Ledoideae Alef. pub. Linnaea 28: 3, 7. Aug 1856.       Tribus  Ledeae Rchb.f. in Rchb. pub. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 17: 78. 1854-1855.

Named members of the Tribe Ledeae

1	Subtribus  Ledinae Benth. pub. Prodr. 7: 729. late Dec 1839.
	2    Genus  Ledum L. pub. (1753) common name: Labrador tea

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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