Caltha
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Caltha

cowslip
marsh marigold

Hierarchical position of the Genus Caltha

   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  Ranunculopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xxvi, 96. 12 Aug 1843.
  
   Subclassis  Ranunculidae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.
  
   SuperOrdo  Ranunculanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Ranunculales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 44. 1829.
  
   Subordo  Ranunculineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 460. 1 Nov 1895.
  
   Familia  Ranunculaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 231. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
common name: Buttercups
  
   Subfamilia  Calthoideae Raf.
pub. Anal. Nat.: 176. Apr-Jul 1815.
  
   Tribus  Caltheae J. Presl
pub. Fl. Sicula: 20. 1826.
  
   Subtribus  Calthinae Benth. & Hook.f.
pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 2. 7 Aug 1862.
  
   Genus  Caltha L.
pub. (1753)
common name: marsh marigold
  

Named members of the Genus Caltha

1
   Species  arctica R. Br.
syn. Caltha palustris var. radicans
2
   Species  asarifolia DC.
syn. Caltha palustris var. palustris
3
   Species  biflora DC.
 
4
   Subspecies  howellii (Huth) Abrams
syn. Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii
5
   Varietas  rotundifolia (Huth) C.L. Hitchc.
syn. Caltha leptosepala ssp. leptosepala var. leptosepal(Huth) C.
6
   Species  chelidonii Greene
syn. Caltha leptosepala ssp. leptosepala var. leptosepala
7
   Species  howellii Huth
syn. Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii
8
   Species  leptosepala DC.
 
9
   Subspecies  biflora (DC.) P.G. Sm.
syn. Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii
10
   Varietas  biflora (DC.) Lawson
syn. Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii
11
   Subspecies  howellii (Huth) P.G. Sm.
common name: Howell's marsh marigold
12
   Subspecies  leptosepala
common name: white marsh marigold, sulphur marsh marigold
 
13
   Varietas  leptosepala
common name: white marsh marigold, sulphur marsh marigold
14
   Varietas  sulfurea C.L. Hitchc.
common name: white marsh marigold, sulphur marsh marigold
15
   Varietas  rotundifolia Huth
syn. Caltha leptosepala ssp. leptosepala var. leptosepalHuth
16
   Species  minor P. Mill.
 
17
   Subspecies  arctica (R. Br.) A.& D. L�ve
syn. Caltha palustris var. radicans
18
   Species  natans Pallas ex Georgi
 
19
   Varietas  arctica (R. Br.) Hult�n
syn. Caltha palustris var. radicans
20
   Varietas  asarifolia (DC.) Huth
syn. Caltha palustris var. palustris
21
   Species  palustris L.
common name: marsh marigold, cowslip
  
 
22
   Subspecies  arctica (R. Br.) Hult�n
syn. Caltha palustris var. radicans
23
   Subspecies  asarifolia (DC.) Hult�n
syn. Caltha palustris var. palustris
24
   Varietas  asarifolia (DC.) Rothrock
syn. Caltha palustris var. palustris
25
   Varietas  flabellifolia (Pursh) Torr. & Gray
syn. Caltha palustris var. palustris
26
   Varietas  palustris
common name: yellow marsh marigold
27
   Varietas  radicans (J.R. Forst.) Beck
common name: yellow marsh marigold
28
   Varietas  zetlandica Beeby
syn. Caltha palustris var. radicans
29
   Species  radicans J.R. Forst.
syn. Caltha palustris var. radicans
30
   Species  zetlandica (Beeby) Dorfl.
syn. Caltha palustris var. radicans

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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