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Vernacular names of plants within the Tribe Spermacoceae

Hierarchical position of the Tribe Spermacoceae

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  Rubiales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 29. 1829.       Subordo  Rubiineae Raf. pub. Ann. G�n. Sci. Phys. Bruxelles 6: 83. 1820.       Familia  Rubiaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 196. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons. common name: Madders       Subfamilia  Spermacocoideae Chevall. pub. Fl. G�n. Env. Paris 2: 605. 5 Jan 1828.    Tribus  Spermacoceae Cham. & Schltdl. ex DC. pub. Prodr. 4: 343, 538. late Sep 1830.

Named members of the Tribe Spermacoceae

1	Subtribus  Spermacocinae DC. pub. Prodr. 4: 343, 540. late Sep 1830.
	2    Genus  Spermacoce L. pub. (1753) common name: false buttonweed

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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