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Nyctaginaceae

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae

Taxonomy
Nyctaginaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789).

It was assigned to Chenopodiales by Berry (1914) and Knowlton (1919); and to Caryophyllales by Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Nyctaginaceae de Jussieu
1914Nyctaginaceae Berry p. 140
1919Nyctaginaceae Knowlton
2000Nyctaginaceae Mabberley
2016Nyctaginaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
Superasterids
orderCaryophyllales
familyNyctaginaceaede Jussieu 1789
familyNyctaginaceaede Jussieu 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Nyctaginaceae de Jussieu 1789
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G. Boerhavia Linnaeus 1753 [spiderling]
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Boerhavia diffusa Linnaeus 1753
Boerhavia erecta Linnaeus 1753
Boerhavia repens Linnaeus 1753
Boerhavia scandens Linnaeus 1753
G. †Nyctaginites Berry 1938
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G. Pisonia Linnaeus 1753 [birdcatcher tree]
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Pisonia claibornensis Berry 1914
Pisonia cretacea Berry 1910
Pisonia eolignitica Berry 1916
Pisonia puryearensis Berry 1916
Pisonia racemosa Lesquereux 1873
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available