Brunfelsia
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Brunfelsia

brunfelsia
lady-of-the-night
manaca
raintree
vega blanca

Hierarchical position of the Genus Brunfelsia

   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  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   SuperOrdo  Solananae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Solanales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20. 1829.
common name: Polemoniales
  
   Subordo  Solanineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 180. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Solanaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 124. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Potatos, tomato, peppers
  
   Tribus  Brunfelsieae Miers
pub. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 3: 166. Mar 1849.
  
   Genus  Brunfelsia L.
pub. (1753)
common name: raintree
  

Named members of the Genus Brunfelsia

1
   Species  americana L.
common name: American brunfelsia, Lady-of-the-night
  
2
   Species  chiricaspi Plowman
common name: brunfelsia
3
   Species  densifolia Krug & Urban
common name: Serpentine Hill raintree
4
   Species  grandiflora D. Don
common name: largeflower brunfelsia
5
   Species  hopeana (Hook.) Benth.
syn. Brunfelsia uniflora
6
   Species  lactea Krug & Urban
common name: vega blanca
7
   Species  nitida Benth.
8
   Species  portoricensis Krug & Urban
common name: Puerto Rico raintree
9
   Species  undulata auct. non Sw.
syn. Brunfelsia americana
10
   Species  uniflora (Pohl) D. Don
common name: manaca

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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