Diapensiaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Diapensiaceae

Oconee bells
beetleweed
diapensia
galaxy
littleleaf pixiemoss
pincushion plant
pyxidanthera
shortia

Hierarchical position of the Family Diapensiaceae

   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  Diapensiales Engl. & Gilg
pub. Engler's Syllabus, ed. 9-10: 314. Nov-Dec 1924.
  
   Familia  Diapensiaceae (Link) Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 233. Jul 1836, nom. cons.
  

Named members of the Family Diapensiaceae

1
   Genus  Berneuxia Decne.
2
   Subfamilia  Diapensioideae Link
pub. Handbuch 1: 595. Jan-Aug 1829.
 
3
   Tribus  Diapensieae A. Gray
pub. Man. Bot., ed. 2: 329. 1 Sep 1856.
 
4
   Subtribus  Diapensiinae A. Gray
pub. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., s�r. 6, 7: 177. 1879.
 
5
   Genus  Diapensia L.
pub. (1753)
common name: diapensia
6
   Subfamilia  Galacoideae (D. Don) Arn.
pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 112. 9 Mar 1832.
  
 
7
   Tribus  Galaceae DC.
pub. Prodr. 7: 776. late Dec 1839.
  
 
8
   Genus  Galax Sims
pub. (1804)
common name: galaxy
  
9
   Genus  Pyxidanthera Michx.
common name: pyxidanthera
10
   Subtribus  Schizocodoninae A. Gray
pub. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., s�r. 6, 7: 177. 1879.
 
11
   Genus  Schizocodon Siebold & Zucc.
pub. (1843)
12
   Genus  Shortia Torr. & A.Gray
common name: shortia
  

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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