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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Boerhavia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Boerhavia

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  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Familia  Nyctaginaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 90. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Four o'clock       Tribus  Boerhavieae Choisy in DC. pub. Prodr. 13(2): 427, 438. 5 Mai 1849.    Subtribus  Boerhaviinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 3: 2. 7 Apr 1880.    Genus  Boerhavia L. pub. (1753) common name: spiderling

Named members of the Genus Boerhavia

1	Species  anisophylla Torr. common name: wineflower
2	Species  annulata Coville syn. Anulocaulis annulatus
3	Species  coccinea P. Mill. common name: scarlet spiderling
4	Species  coulteri (Hook. f.) S. Wats. common name: Coulter's spiderling
5	Species  diffusa L.
	6    Varietas  gymnocarpa Heimerl syn. Boerhavia repens 7    Varietas  pseudotetrandra Heimerl syn. Boerhavia repens 8    Varietas  sandwicensis Heimerl syn. Boerhavia repens 9    Varietas  tetrandra (G. Forst.) Heimerl syn. Boerhavia repens
10	Species  erecta L.
	11    Varietas  intermedia (M.E. Jones) Kearney & Peebles syn. Boerhavia intermedia
12	Species  eriosolena Gray syn. Anulocaulis eriosolenus
13	Species  glabrata Blume syn. Boerhavia diffusa
14	Species  gracillima Heimerl common name: slimstalk spiderling
15	Species  gypsophiloides (Mart. & Gal.) Coult. syn. Cyphomeris gypsophiloides
16	Species  herbstii Fosberg common name: alena
17	Species  intermedia M.E. Jones common name: fivewing spiderling
18	Species  leiosolena Torr. syn. Anulocaulis leiosolenus var. leiosolenus
19	Species  lindheimeri Standl. syn. Boerhavia linearifolia
20	Species  linearifolia Gray common name: narrowleaf spiderling
21	Species  mathisiana F.B. Jones common name: Mathis' spiderling
22	Species  megaptera Standl. common name: Tucson Mountain spiderling
23	Species  pterocarpa S. Wats. common name: Apache Pass spiderling
24	Species  purpurascens Gray common name: purple spiderling
25	Species  repens L. common name: anena
26	Species  scandens L. common name: climbing wartclub
27	Species  spicata Choisy common name: creeping spiderling
28	Species  tenuifolia Gray syn. Boerhavia linearifolia
29	Species  torreyana (S. Wats.) Standl. syn. Boerhavia spicata
30	Species  triquetra S. Wats. common name: slender spiderling
31	Species  wrightii Gray common name: largebract spiderling

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.