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Vernacular names of plants within the Suborder Portulacineae

Hierarchical position of the Suborder Portulacineae

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  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Subordo  Portulacineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 113. Mai 1898.

Named members of the Suborder Portulacineae

1	Familia  Hectorellaceae Philipson & Skipw. pub. Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand Bot. 1: 31. 20 Sep 1961.
2	Familia  Portulacaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 312. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Purslanes
	3    Subfamilia  Calyptrothecoideae Gilg in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr.: 177, 178. Aug 1897. 4    Subfamilia  Lewisioideae Hook. ex Torr. & A. Gray pub. Fl. N. Amer. 1: 677. Jun 1840.    5    Subfamilia  Portulacoideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 739, 1131. Jun 1835.

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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