Centella
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Centella

Indian pennywort
erect centella
spadeleaf

Hierarchical position of the Genus Centella

   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  Cornidae Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 76: 4. 1994.
  
   SuperOrdo  Aralianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 357. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Araliales Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 72. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Familia  Apiaceae Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 21. Jul 1836.
common name: Umbelliferae
  
   Familia  Umbelliferae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 218. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
  
   Genus  Centella L.
common name: centella
  

Named members of the Genus Centella

1
   Species  asiatica (L.) Urban
common name: spadeleaf, Indian pennywort, gotu kola  (Hindi)
  
2
   Species  erecta (L. f.) Fern.
common name: erect centella
3
   Species  repanda (Pers.) Small
syn. Centella erecta

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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