Astelia
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Astelia

Kauai pa'iniu
pineapplegrass

Hierarchical position of the Genus Astelia

   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  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Asteliales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 59. 1829.
  
   Familia  Asteliaceae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 59, 61. 1829.
  
   Subfamilia  Astelioideae Meisn.
pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 406. 17-20 Aug 1842.
  
   Tribus  Astelieae Benth.
pub. Fl. Austral. 7: 3, 11. 23-30 Mar 1878.
  
   Genus  Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R. Br.
pub. (1810)
  

Named members of the Genus Astelia

1
   Species  argyrocoma Heller ex Skottsberg
common name: silverhair pineapplegrass
2
   Species  Banks & Soland. ex R. Br.
common name: pineapplegrass
3
   Species  degeneri Skottsberg
syn. Astelia menziesiana
4
   Species  forbesii Skottsberg
 
5
   Subspecies  fallax Skottsberg
syn. Astelia menziesiana
6
   Subspecies  nivea Skottsberg
syn. Astelia menziesiana
7
   Subspecies  pachysperma Skottsberg
syn. Astelia menziesiana
8
   Species  menziesiana Sm.
 
9
   Varietas  depauperata Skottsberg
syn. Astelia menziesiana
10
   Species  veratroides Gaud.
 
11
   Varietas  gracilis Skottsberg
syn. Astelia menziesiana
12
   Subspecies  macrosperma Skottsberg
syn. Astelia menziesiana
13
   Species  waialealae Wawra
common name: Kauai pa'iniu

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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