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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Myrsine

colicwood
kolea lau nui

Hierarchical position of the Genus Myrsine

   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  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Primulanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 71. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Ordo  Primulales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 29. 1829.
  
   Subordo  Primulineae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 901, 1101. Jun 1835.
  
   Familia  Myrsinaceae R. Br.
pub. Prodr.: 532. 27 Mar 1810.
  
   Subfamilia  Myrsinoideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 1025, 1095, 1102. Jun 1835.
  
   Tribus  Myrsineae (Burnett) Miq.
pub. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 1010. 30 Sep 1858.
  
   Genus  Myrsine L.
syn. Myrsine wawraea
pub. (1753)
common name: colicwood
  

Named members of the Genus Myrsine

1
   Species  alyxifolia Hosaka
common name: forest colicwood
2
   Species  coriacea (Sw.) R. Br. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
common name: leathery colicwood
3
   Species  degeneri Hosaka
common name: summit colicwood
4
   Species  denticulata (Wawra) Hosaka
common name: bog colicwood
5
   Species  emarginata (Rock) Hosaka
common name: mountain colicwood
6
   Species  fernseei (Mez) Hosaka
common name: streambank colicwood
7
   Species  floridana A. DC.
common name: Guianese colicwood
8
   Species  fosbergii Hosaka
common name: Koolau Range colicwood
9
   Species  guianensis auct. non (Aubl.) Kuntze
syn. Myrsine floridana
10
   Species  helleri (O.& I. Deg.) St. John
common name: Wahiawa Bog colicwood
11
   Species  hosakae Wilbur
syn. Myrsine helleri
12
   Species  juddii Hosaka
common name: cloudswept colicwood
13
   Species  kauaiensis Hbd.
common name: Kauai colicwood
14
   Species  knudsenii (Rock) Hosaka
common name: Kokee colicwood
15
   Species  kokeeana Hosaka
syn. Myrsine punctata
16
   Species  lanaiensis Hbd.
 
17
   Varietas  oahuensis Hosaka
syn. Myrsine lanaiensis
18
   Species  lessertiana A. DC.
common name: kolea lau nui
19
   Species  linearifolia Hosaka
 
20
   Varietas  nittae Hosaka
syn. Myrsine petiolata
21
   Species  meziana (Levl.) Wilbur
 
22
   Varietas  fosbergii (Hosaka) Wilbur
syn. Myrsine fosbergii
23
   Species  mezii Hosaka
common name: Hanapepe River colicwood
24
   Species  petiolata Hosaka
common name: swamp colicwood
25
   Species  pukooensis (Levl.) Hosaka
common name: Molokai colicwood
26
   Species  punctata (Levl.) Wilbur
common name: dotted colicwood
27
   Species  sandwicensis A. DC.
 
28
   Varietas  mauiensis Levl.
syn. Myrsine sandwicensis
29
   Species  vaccinioides W.L. Wagner, Herbst & Sohmer
common name: Violet Lake colicwood
30
   Species  wawraea (Mez) Hosaka
common name: Mt. Kahili colicwood

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 November 01, 2004   

 

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