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Candolle, Augustine Pyramus de. 1824-1825. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta. vols. 1-2. Paris: Treuttel & Würtz. [Darwin Library-Down] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF

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Decandolle Prodromus. Vol. 14

Genera with 11 sp. and upwards

species

Sp. having Vars:

No of Vars:

Genera with 10 sp. and downwards

species

Sp. having Vars:

No of Vars:

Eriogonum

81

19

21

Polygonaceae

Oxytheca

1

 

 

Choriganthe

17

3

3

 

Nemacaulis

1

 

 

Rheum

20

1

1

3 Mucronea

1

 

 

 

Rumex

126

24

40

✔

Centrostegia

1

 

 

Atraphaxis

17

4

7

 

Oterostegia

2

 

 

Polygonum

215

56

109

✔

Calligonum

5

1

1

Muhlenbeckia

18

3

7

 

Pterococcus

5

2

4

Coccoloba

82

14

18

 

Calliphysa

1

1

1

Triplaris

23

4

4

 

Pteropyrum

6

 

 

Ruprechtia

15

2

2

 

Oxyria

2

 

 

Oxygonum

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ceratogonium

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emex

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polygonella

7

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

Physanella

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Koenigia

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fagopyrum

6

2

2

 

 

 

 

 

Campderia

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Podopterus

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Antigonon

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brunnichia

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symmeria

1

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

Lastromoera

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

614

130

212

 

22

62

8

11

 

P. 186

 

Proteaceae 21

912

153

217

 

24

72

6

7 ✔

Scrophularia 38

1413

118

136

 

129

347

24

31

Borragineae 16

480

59

82

 

36

111

10

14

Labiatae 42

1999

207

278

 

78

278

32

52 ✔

 

4804

536

 

 

 

870

80

115

Polygonace 10

614

130

212

——

22

62

8

11 ✔

 

5418

668

925

 

 

 

 

 

 

870 [÷] 80 = 91/1000

with little orders
668 [÷] 5218 [=] 108/1000 ← wrong figures added up false.

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Leucandendron

43

13

22

Proteaceae

Aulax

2

Protea

61

13

18

✔

Strilingia

10

Leucospermum

24

11

20

 

Franklandia

1

Mimetes

14

3

6

 

Sympyonema

2

1

1

Petrophila

44

3

5

 

Agastachys

1

 

 

Isopogon

31

9

10

 

Cenarrhinus

1

 

 

Serruria

52

10

14

 

Potameia

1

 

 

Nivenia

13

2

2

 

Brabejum

1

 

 

Sorocephalus

11

2

2

 

Fauria

1

 

 

Spatalla

17

2

3

 

Adrioetalum

8

1

1

Adenanthos

15

2

2

 

Gerevina

1

 

 

Synaphea

11

2

2

 

Bellendena

1

 

 

Conosperinum

40

7

9

 

Strangea

1

 

 

Persoonia

69

9

12

✔

Molloya

1

 

 

Grevillea

176

23

35

✔

Lambertia

9

1 3 1

 

Hakea

115

13

15

✔

Xylomelum

3

1

1

Rhopala

36

11

16

 

Orites

5

1

1

Helicia

18

2

2

 

Adenostephanus

8

 

 

Lomatia

11

6

10

 

Knightia

2

 

 

Banksia

58

5

7

✔

Embothrium

3

 

 

Dryandra

53

5 3 5

3 Oreocallis

2

1

2

 

 

Telopea

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hemiclidia

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stenocarpus

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

912

153

217

 

24

72

6

7 P 482.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Myristica

75

3

4

✔ Myristaceae

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pennaeaceae

Penaea

6

2

3

 

Stylapterus

3

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

Brachysiphon

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sarcocolla

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glischrocolla

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endonema

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

22

3

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geissolomaceae

Geissoloma

1

 

 

 

1

75

3

4

 

7

23

3

4

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