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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Amyris

Hierarchical position of the Genus Amyris

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  Rutaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 296. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons. common name: Citrus       Subfamilia  Amyridoideae Link pub. Handbuch 2: 128. Jan-Aug 1831.    Tribus  Amyrideae (Kunth) DC. pub. Prodr. 2: 81. mid Nov 1825.    Subtribus  Amyridinae Engl. in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam., III, 4: 111, 181. Mar 1896.    Genus  Amyris P. Browne pub. (1756) common name: torchwood

Named members of the Genus Amyris

1	Species  balsamifera L. common name: balsam torchwood
2	Species  diatrypa Spreng.
3	Species  elemifera L. common name: sea torchwood
4	Species  madrensis S. Wats. common name: mountain torchwood
5	Species  texana (Buckl.) P. Wilson common name: Texas torchwood
6	Species  toxifera L. syn. Metopium toxiferum

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.