Dianthus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Dianthus

carnation
clove gilliflower
clusterhead
pink
sweet William catchfly

Hierarchical position of the Genus Dianthus

   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  Caryophyllidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb
pub. 1826
  
   Subordo  Caryophyllineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 461. 15 Nov 1895.
  
   Familia  Caryophyllaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 299. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Pinks
  
   Tribus  Diantheae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 49. 1829.
  
   Subtribus  Dianthinae (Rchb.) Kitt. in A. Rich.
pub. Nouv. El�m. Bot., ed. 3, Germ. transl.: 910. 1840.
  
   Genus  Dianthus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: pink
  

Named members of the Genus Dianthus

1
   Species  armeria L.
common name: Deptford pink
  
2
   Species  atrorubens All.
syn. Dianthus carthusianorum
3
   Species  barbatus L.
common name: sweet William catchfly
  
4
   Species  carthusianorum L.
common name: clusterhead
5
   Species  caryophyllus L.
common name: clove gilliflower, wild carnation
  
6
   Species  deltoides L.
common name: maiden pink
  
7
   Species  fragrans M.F. Adams
common name: fragrant pink
  
8
   Species  plumarius L.
common name: feathered pink, grass pink
  
9
   Species  prolifer L.
syn. Petrorhagia prolifera
10
   Species  repens Willd.
common name: boreal carnation
11
   Species  sylvestris Wulfen
common name: woodland pink
12
   Species  velutinus Guss.
syn. Petrorhagia dubia

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

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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