Balsamorhiza
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Balsamorhiza

Oregon sunflower
balsamroot

Hierarchical position of the Genus Balsamorhiza

   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  Asteridae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Asteranae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 451. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Asterales Lindl.
pub. 1833
  
   Familia  Asteraceae Dumort.
pub. Comment. Bot.: 55. Nov-Dec 1822.
common name: Sunflowers
  
   Familia  Compositae Giseke
pub. Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 538. Apr 1792, nom. cons.
  
   Genus  Balsamorhiza Hook. ex Nutt.
common name: balsamroot
  

Named members of the Genus Balsamorhiza

1
   Species  bolanderi Gray
syn. Wyethia bolanderi
2
   Species  careyana Gray
 
3
   Varietas  careyana
common name: Carey's balsamroot
4
   Varietas  intermedia Cronq.
common name: intermediate balsamroot
5
   Species  deltoidea Nutt.
common name: deltoid balsamroot
6
   Species  hirsuta Nutt.
 
7
   Varietas  lagocephala Sharp
syn. Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lagocephala
8
   Varietas  neglecta Sharp
syn. Balsamorhiza hookeri var. neglecta
9
   Species  hispidula Sharp
syn. Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hispidula
10
   Species  hookeri (Hook.) Nutt.
 
11
   Varietas  hirsuta (Nutt.) A. Nels.
common name: hairy balsamroot
12
   Varietas  hispidula (Sharp) Cronq.
common name: hairy balsamroot
13
   Varietas  hookeri
common name: Hooker's balsamroot
14
   Varietas  idahoensis (Sharp) Cronq.
common name: Idaho balsamroot
15
   Varietas  lagocephala (Sharp) Cronq.
common name: rabbithead balsamroot
16
   Varietas  lanata Sharp
syn. Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lagocephala
17
   Varietas  neglecta (Sharp) Cronq.
common name: neglected balsamroot
18
   Varietas  platylepis (Sharp) Cronq.
syn. Balsamorhiza macrolepis var. platylepis
19
   Species  incana Nutt.
common name: hoary balsamroot
20
   Species  macrolepis Sharp
 
21
   Varietas  macrolepis
common name: California balsamroot
22
   Varietas  platylepis (Sharp) Ferris
common name: California balsamroot
23
   Species  macrophylla Nutt.
 
24
   Varietas  idahoensis Sharp
syn. Balsamorhiza hookeri var. idahoensis
25
   Species  platylepis Sharp
syn. Balsamorhiza macrolepis var. platylepis
26
   Species  rosea A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr.
common name: rosy balsamroot
27
   Species  sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
common name: arrowleaf balsamroot, Oregon sunflower
  
28
   Species  sericea W.A. Weber
common name: silky balsamroot
29
   Species  serrata A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr.
common name: serrate balsamroot
30
   Species  x bonseri St. John (pro sp.)
31
   Species  x terebinthacea (Hook.) Nutt. (pro sp.)
32
   Species  x tomentosa Rydb. (pro sp.)

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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