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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Ceratophyllum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Ceratophyllum

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  Piperopsida Bartl. pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 78, 83. Sep 1830.       Subclassis  Nelumbonidae Takht. pub. 1997       SuperOrdo  Ceratophyllanae Takht. ex Reveal & Doweld pub. 1998    Ordo  Ceratophyllales Bisch. pub. Lehrb. Bot. 2(2): 847. 1839.    Familia  Ceratophyllaceae Gray pub. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 395, 554. 1 Nov 1821. common name: Hornworts    Subfamilia  Ceratophylloideae (Gray) Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 108. 9 Mar 1832.    Tribus  Ceratophylleae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 165. 1827.    Genus  Ceratophyllum L. pub. (1753) common name: hornwort

Named members of the Genus Ceratophyllum

1	Species  apiculatum Cham. syn. Ceratophyllum demersum
2	Species  australe Griseb. syn. Ceratophyllum muricatum ssp. australe
3	Species  cristatum Spruce ex K. Schum. syn. Ceratophyllum muricatum ssp. australe
4	Species  demersum L.
	5    Varietas  apiculatum (Cham.) Aschers. syn. Ceratophyllum demersum 6    Varietas  cristatum K. Schum. syn. Ceratophyllum muricatum ssp. australe 7    Varietas  echinatum (Gray) Gray syn. Ceratophyllum echinatum
8	Species  echinatum Gray common name: spineless hornwort
9	Species  floridanum Fassett syn. Ceratophyllum muricatum ssp. australe
10	Species  llerenae Fassett syn. Ceratophyllum muricatum ssp. australe
11	Species  muricatum Cham.
	12    Subspecies  australe (Griseb.) D.H. Les common name: prickly hornwort
13	Species  submersum L.
	14    Varietas  echinatum (Gray) Wilmot-Dear syn. Ceratophyllum echinatum 15    Subspecies  muricatum auct. non (Cham.) Wilmot-Dear syn. Ceratophyllum muricatum ssp. australe

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.