Castela
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Castela

crucifixion thorn
goatbush

Hierarchical position of the Genus Castela

   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  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Rutanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 311. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Rutales Perleb
pub. Lehrb. Naturgesch. Pflanzenr.: 324. Sep-Oct 1826.
  
   Familia  Simaroubaceae DC.
pub. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 17: 422. Jul-Aug 1811.
  
   Subfamilia  Casteloideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 886, 1093, 1125. Jun 1835.
   Tribus  Casteleae Bartl.
pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 384. Sep 1830.
   Subtribus  Castelinae (Bartl.) Engl. in Mart.
pub. Fl. Bras. 12(2): 201, 203. 1 Sep 1874.
   Genus  Castela Turpin
pub. (1806)
common name: castela

Named members of the Genus Castela

1
   Species  emoryi (Gray) Moran & Felger
common name: crucifixion thorn
2
   Species  erecta Turp.
 
3
   Subspecies  erecta
common name: goatbush
4
   Subspecies  texana (Torr. & Gray) Cronq.
common name: Texan goatbush
5
   Species  stewartii (C.H. Muell.) Moran & Felger
syn. Holacantha stewartii
6
   Species  texana (Torr. & Gray) Rose
syn. Castela erecta ssp. texana
7
   Species  tortuosa Liebm.
syn. Castela erecta ssp. texana

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.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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