Balsaminaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Balsaminaceae

busy Lizzy
garden balsam
jewelweed
patient Lucy
spotted snapweed
touch-me-not

Hierarchical position of the Family Balsaminaceae

   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.
  
   Ordo  Balsaminales Lindl.
pub. Nix. Pl.: 14. 17 Sep 1833.
  
   Subordo  Balsaminineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 146. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Balsaminaceae A. Rich. in Bory
pub. Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 2: 173. 31 Dec 1822.
common name: Touch-me-nots
  

Named members of the Family Balsaminaceae

1
   Subfamilia  Balsaminoideae (A. Rich.) Arn.
pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 103. 9 Mar 1832.
 
2
   Tribus  Balsamineae (A. Rich.) Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 46. 1829.
 
3
   Genus  Balsamina Mill.
pub. (1754)
4
   Genus  Hydrocera Blume
5
   Genus  Impatiens L.
pub. (1753)
common name: touch-me-not
  
6
   Genus  Impatientella H.Perrier
syn. Impatiens L.
7
   Genus  Semeiocardium Zoll.
syn. Impatiens L.

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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