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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Abies

balm of Gilead
fir

Hierarchical position of the Genus Abies

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Pinophyta Cronquist
syn. Coniferophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: conifers, gymnosperms
  
   Subdivisio  Pinophytina Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Classis  Pinopsida Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 483, 1090. Jun 1835.
common name: Conifers
  
   Subclassis  Pinidae Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 134. Apr 1966.
  
   Ordo  Pinales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 11. 1829.
  
   Subordo  Pinineae Vines
pub. Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 483. 1895.
  
   Familia  Pinaceae Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 313. Jul 1836, nom. cons.
common name: Pines
  
   Subfamilia  Abietoideae Rich. ex Sweet
pub. Hort. Brit.: 372. Sep-Oct 1826.
  
   Tribus  Abieteae Rich. ex Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 9. 1827.
  
   Subtribus  Abietinae Eichler in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 1: 65, 69. Jun 1887.
  
   Genus  Abies Mill.
pub. (1754)
common name: fir
  

Named members of the Genus Abies

1
   Species  alba Miller
common name: silver fir
2
   Species  amabilis (Dougl. ex Loud.) Dougl. ex Forbes
common name: Pacific silver fir
3
   Species  arizonica Merriam
syn. Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica
4
   Species  balsamea (L.) P. Mill.
common name: balsam fir, balm of Gilead
  
 
5
   Varietas  fallax (Engelm.) Boivin
syn. Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa
6
   Subspecies  lasiocarpa (Hook.) Boivin
syn. Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa
7
   Varietas  phanerolepis Fern.
syn. Abies �phanerolepis
8
   Species  bifolia A. Murr.
syn. Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa
9
   Species  bracteata (D. Don) D. Don ex Poit.
common name: bristlecone fir
10
   Species  concolor (Gord. & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr.
common name: white fir, Colorado fir
  
 
11
   Varietas  concolor
common name: white fir
12
   Varietas  lowiana (Gord. & Glend.) Lemmon
common name: white fir
13
   Species  fraseri (Pursh) Poir.
common name: Fraser fir
14
   Species  grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl.
 
15
   Varietas  grandis
common name: grand fir
16
   Varietas  idahoensis Silba
common name: grand fir
17
   Species  homolepis Sieb. and Zucc.
18
   Species  lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt.
 
19
   Varietas  arizonica (Merriam) Lemmon
common name: corkbark fir
20
   Varietas  lasiocarpa
common name: subalpine fir
21
   Species  lowiana (Gord. & Glend.) A. Murr.
syn. Abies concolor var. lowiana
22
   Species  magnifica A. Murr.
 
23
   Varietas  shastensis Lemmon
syn. Abies �shastensis
24
   Species  nobilis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl.
syn. Abies procera
common name: noble fir
  
25
   Species  procera Rehd.
common name: noble fir
26
   Species  subalpina Engelmann
syn. Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa
27
   Species  venusta (Dougl.) K. Koch
syn. Abies bracteata
28
   Species  x phanerolepis (Fern.) Liu
29
   Species  x shastensis (Lemmon) Lemmon
common name: Shasta red fir

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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