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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

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  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Gentiananae Thorne ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Apocynales Bromhead pub. 1838       Familia  Apocynaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 143. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Dogbanes       Subfamilia  Asclepiadoideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 1012, 1095, 1103. Jun 1835.

Named members of the Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

1	Tribus  Asclepiadeae (R. Br.) Duby pub. Bot. Gall. 1: 323. 12-14 Apr 1828.
	2    Subtribus  Asclepiadinae Endl. ex Meisn. pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 257, 269, Comm. 176. 5-11 Apr 18      3    Genus  Asclepias L. pub. (1753) common name: milkweed

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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