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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cerastium

Taurus cerastrium
chickweed
snow-in-summer

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cerastium

   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 		  
   Subordo  Caryophyllineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 461. 15 Nov 1895. 		  
   Familia  Caryophyllaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 299. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Pinks 		  
   Tribus  Cerastieae (Dumort.) Kitt.
pub. Taschenb. Fl. Deutschl., 2, 2: 973. 1844. 		  
   Subtribus  Cerastiinae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 108. 1827. 		  
   Genus  Cerastium L.
pub. (1753)
common name: mouse-ear chickweed 		  

Named members of the Genus Cerastium

1
   Species  acutatum Suksdorf
syn. Cerastium glomeratum
2
   Species  adsurgens Greene
syn. Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
3
   Species  aleuticum Hult�n
common name: Aleutian chickweed
4
   Species  alpinum L.
 
5
   Varietas  capillare (Fern. & Wieg.) Boivin
syn. Cerastium beeringianum ssp. earlei
6
   Species  alsophilum Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
7
   Species  angustatum Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
8
   Species  aquaticum L.
syn. Myosoton aquaticum
9
   Species  arvense L.
common name: field chickweed 		  
 
10
   Varietas  angustifolium Fenzl
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
11
   Subspecies  arvense
common name: field chickweed
12
   Varietas  bracteatum (Raf.) MacM.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. velutinum var. velutinum
13
   Subspecies  fuegianum (Hook. f.) Ugborogho
common name: field chickweed
14
   Varietas  fuegianum Hook. f.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. fuegianum
15
   Varietas  latifolium Fenzl
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
16
   Subspecies  maximum (Hollick & Britt.) Ugborogho
common name: field chickweed
17
   Varietas  maximum Hollick & Britt.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. maximum
18
   Varietas  oblongifolium (Torr.) Hollick & Britt.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. velutinum var. velutinum
19
   Varietas  purpurascens Boivin
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
20
   Subspecies  strictum (L.) Ugborogho
common name: field chickweed
21
   Subspecies  velutinum (Raf.) Ugborogho
common name: field chickweed, field chickweed
 
22
   Varietas  velutinum (Raf.) Britt.
common name: field chickweed, field chickweed
23
   Varietas  villosum (Muhl. ex Darl.) Hollick & Britt.
common name: field chickweed, field chickweed
24
   Varietas  velutinum (Raf.) Britt.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. velutinum var. velutinum
25
   Varietas  villosissimum Pennell
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. velutinum var. villosum
26
   Varietas  viscidulum Gremli
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
27
   Varietas  webbii Jennings
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. velutinum var. velutinum
28
   Species  axillare Correll
common name: TransPecos chickweed
29
   Species  beeringianum Cham. & Schlecht.
 
30
   Varietas  aleuticum (Hult�n) Welsh
syn. Cerastium aleuticum
31
   Subspecies  beeringianum
common name: Bering chickweed, Bering chickweed
 
32
   Varietas  beeringianum
common name: Bering chickweed, Bering chickweed
33
   Varietas  grandiflorum (Fenzl) Hult�n
common name: Bering chickweed, Bering chickweed
34
   Varietas  capillare Fern. & Wieg.
syn. Cerastium beeringianum ssp. earlei
35
   Subspecies  earlei (Rydb.) Hult�n
common name: Bering chickweed
36
   Species  biebersteinii DC.
common name: Boreal chickweed, Taurus cerastrium 		  
37
   Species  brachypetalum Desportes ex Pers.
 
38
   Subspecies  brachypetalum
common name: gray chickweed
39
   Subspecies  tauricum (Spreng.) Murb.
common name: gray chickweed
40
   Species  brachypodum (Engelm. ex Gray) B.L. Robins.
 
41
   Varietas  compactum B.L. Robins.
syn. Cerastium brachypodum
42
   Species  bracteatum Raf.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. velutinum var. velutinum
43
   Species  campestre Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
44
   Species  clawsonii Correll
syn. Linum hudsonioides
45
   Species  confertum Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
46
   Species  dichotomum L.
common name: forked chickweed
47
   Species  diffusum Pers.
common name: fourstamen chickweed
48
   Species  dubium (Bast.) Gu�pin
common name: doubtful chickweed
49
   Species  earlei Rydb.
syn. Cerastium beeringianum ssp. earlei
50
   Species  effusum Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
51
   Species  elongatum Pursh
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
52
   Species  fischerianum Ser.
common name: Fischer's chickweed
53
   Species  fontanum Baumg.
 
54
   Subspecies  holosteoides auct. non (Fries) Salman, van Ommering &
syn. Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
55
   Subspecies  triviale (Link) Jalas
syn. Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
56
   Subspecies  vulgare (Hartman) Greuter & Burdet
common name: big chickweed
57
   Species  fuegianum (Hook. f.) A. Nels.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. fuegianum
58
   Species  glomeratum Thuill.
 
59
   Varietas  apetalum (Dumort.) Fenzl
syn. Cerastium glomeratum
60
   Species  gorodkovianum Schischkin
common name: tundra chickweed
61
   Species  gracile Dufour
common name: slender chickweed
62
   Species  graminifolium Rydb.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
63
   Species  holosteoides Fries
 
64
   Varietas  vulgare (Hartman) Hyl.
syn. Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
65
   Species  jenisejense Hult�n
syn. Cerastium gorodkovianum
66
   Species  latifolium Fenzl
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
67
   Species  longepedunculatum Muhl. ex Britt.
syn. Cerastium nutans var. nutans
68
   Species  maximum L.
common name: great chickweed
69
   Species  nitidum Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
70
   Species  nutans Raf.
 
71
   Varietas  brachypodum Engelm. ex Gray
syn. Cerastium brachypodum
72
   Varietas  nutans
common name: nodding chickweed
73
   Varietas  obtectum Kearney & Peebles
common name: nodding chickweed
74
   Varietas  occidentale Boivin
syn. Cerastium nutans var. nutans
75
   Species  oblongifolium Torr.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. velutinum var. velutinum
76
   Species  occidentale Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
77
   Species  oreophilum Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
78
   Species  patulum Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
79
   Species  pilosum Greene, non Ledeb.
syn. Cerastium beeringianum ssp. beeringianum var. beeringianum
80
   Species  pulchellum Rydb.
syn. Cerastium beeringianum ssp. beeringianum var. beeringianum
81
   Species  pumilum W. Curtis
common name: European chickweed
82
   Species  regelii Ostenf.
 
83
   Subspecies  caespitosum (Malmgr.) Tolm.
common name: Regel's chickweed
84
   Subspecies  regelii
common name: Regel's chickweed
85
   Species  scammaniae Polunin
syn. Cerastium beeringianum ssp. beeringianum var. grandiflorum
86
   Species  scopulorum Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
87
   Species  semidecandrum L.
common name: fivestamen chickweed
88
   Species  sericeum S. Wats.
syn. Cerastium nutans var. obtectum
89
   Species  siculum Guss.
common name: dry chickweed
90
   Species  sonnei Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
91
   Species  sordidum B.L. Robins.
common name: Chihuahuan chickweed
92
   Species  strictum L.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
93
   Species  subulatum Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
94
   Species  tenuifolium Pursh
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
95
   Species  tetrandrum W. Curtis
syn. Cerastium diffusum
96
   Species  texanum Britt.
common name: Texas chickweed
97
   Species  thermale Rydb.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. fuegianum
98
   Species  tomentosum L.
common name: snow-in-summer 		  
99
   Species  triviale Link
syn. Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
100
   Species  velutinum Raf.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. velutinum var. velutinum
101
   Species  vestitum Greene
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum
102
   Species  villosum Muhl. ex Darl.
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. velutinum var. villosum
103
   Species  viride Heller
syn. Cerastium arvense ssp. maximum
104
   Species  viscosum auct. non L.
syn. Cerastium glomeratum
105
   Species  vulgatum L.
 
106
   Varietas  hirsutum Fries
syn. Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
107
   Varietas  holosteoides auct. non (Fries) Wahlenb.
syn. Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

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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