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[ Coriariales ] [ Cornales ] [ Corylales ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Order Cornales

camptotheca
cornel
cornelian cherry
dogwood
kinnikinnick
tupelo
western cordilleran bunchberry

Hierarchical position of the Order Cornales

   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  Cornidae Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 76: 4. 1994.
  
   SuperOrdo  Cornanae Thorne ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 71. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Ordo  Cornales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 33. 1829.
  

Named members of the Order Cornales

1
   Familia  Alangiaceae DC.
pub. Prodr. 3: 203. Mar 1828.
2
   Familia  Cornaceae (Dumort.) Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 33, 34. 1829, nom. cons.
common name: Dogwoods
  
3
   Familia  Curtisiaceae (Harms) Takht.
pub. Sist. Magnoliof.: 214. 31 Mar-1 Jun 1987.
4
   Familia  Davidiaceae (Engl.) H.L. Li
pub. Lloydia 17: 330. 18 Mar 1955.
  
5
   Familia  Griseliniaceae J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. ex A. Cunn.
pub. Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 261. Dec 1839.
6
   Familia  Mastixiaceae Calest.
pub. Webbia 1: 94. 10 Mai 1905.
7
   Familia  Nyssaceae Juss. ex Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 13. 1829, nom. cons.
  

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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