Droseraceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Droseraceae

Venus flytrap
sundew

Hierarchical position of the Family Droseraceae

   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  Nepenthanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 71. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Ordo  Droserales Griseb.
pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 75. Jan-Jun 1854.
  
   Familia  Droseraceae Salisb.
pub. Parad. Lond. 2: ad t. 95. 1808.
common name: Sundews and Venus Flytrap
  

Named members of the Family Droseraceae

1
   Genus  Aldrovanda L.
pub. (1753)
2
   Genus  Dionaea Sol. ex Ellis
pub. (1768)
common name: Venus flytrap
3
   Subfamilia  Droseroideae Arn.
pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 98. 9 Mar 1832.
  
 
4
   Tribus  Drosereae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 115. 1827.
  
 
5
   Genus  Drosera L.
pub. (1753)
common name: sundew
  
6
   Genus  Drosophyllum Link
pub. (1805)

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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