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Taxon: Family Scrophulariaceae Juss. (1789), nom. cons. - figwort family (plant)
 Entity: 

Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Durande, 1782 ex A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., orth. corr.
Unavailable original name & rank:  Durande, [J.F.] 1781(1782). Notions Élém. Bot.: 265 ("Scrophulariæ"). [nom. praeinit.].
Original name & rank:  de Jussieu, A.L. 1789. Gen. Pl.: 117 ("Ordo"[=Family], "Scrophulariæ"). ≡
Subsequent spelling: 

Attributes

Corrected termination of typified name (: orth. corr.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 18.1 (family)] Ref: J.L. Reveal, 2010. Phytotaxa 6: 145 ("Scrophulariae"). [implicit]
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: J. McNeill et al. (eds.), 2006. ICBN: 154.

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon: Scrophularieae (Tribe)
Automatically typified subtaxon: Scrophularioideae (Subfamily) Beilschm.

Variants

Pre-starting point name: Scrophulariae (Family) Durande (1782), nom. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 7 Sep 2011.

Synonyms

Including: Buddlejaceae (Family) K.Wilh. (1910), nom. cons. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 784, 938.
Including: Myoporaceae (Family) R.Br. (1810), nom. cons. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 784, 938.
Including: Orobanchaceae (Family) Vent. (1799), nom. cons. Ref: sys, 1993
Including: Paulowniaceae (Family) Nakai (1949) Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 457.
Including: Rhinanthaceae (Family) Ventenat (1799) Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 457.
Questionably Including: Schlegeliaceae (Family) Reveal (1996) Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 457.
Including: Selaginaceae (Family) Choisy (1823) Ref: sys, 1993
Including (pro parte): Plantaginaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 675.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: helmkruidfamilie Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 365.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: figwort family
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