Parnassiaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Parnassiaceae

Alaska grass of Parnassus
California grass of Parnassus
Carolina grass of Parnassus
fen grass of Parnassus
fringed grass of Parnassus
grass of Parnassus
kidneyleaf grass of Parnassus
largeleaf grass of Parnassus
marsh grass of Parnassus
mountain grass of Parnassus
smallflower grass of Parnassus

Hierarchical position of the Family Parnassiaceae

   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  Celastranae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 371. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Parnassiales Nakai
pub. Chosakuronbun Mokuroku: 243. 20 Jul 1943.
   Familia  Parnassiaceae Gray
pub. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 623, 670. 1 Nov 1821.

Named members of the Family Parnassiaceae

1
   Genus  Cryptopetalum Hook. & Arn.
syn. Lepuropetalon Elliott
2
   Subfamilia  Parnassioideae Arn.
pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 98. 9 Mar 1832.
 
3
   Tribus  Parnassieae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 115. 1827.
 
4
   Genus  Parnassia L.
pub. (1753)
common name: grass of Parnassus

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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