Chionanthus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Chionanthus

bridgotree
cabra blanca
fringe tree
hueso
hueso prieto
pygmy fringetree
white rosewood

Hierarchical position of the Genus Chionanthus

   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  Oleanae Takht.
pub. Divers. Classif. Fl. Pl.: 449. 1 Mai 1997.
  
   Ordo  Oleales Lindl.
pub. Nix. Pl.: 19. 17 Sep 1833.
  
   Subordo  Oleineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 170. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Oleaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
pub. Fl. Portug. 1: 385. 1813-1820.
common name: Olives
  
   Tribus  Chionantheae DC.
pub. Prodr. 8: 294. mid Mar 1844.
  
   Genus  Chionanthus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: fringetree
  

Named members of the Genus Chionanthus

1
   Species  axilliflorus (Griseb.) Stearn
common name: hueso
2
   Species  caribaeus Jacq.
syn. Chionanthus compactus
3
   Species  compactus Sw.
common name: bridgotree
4
   Species  domingensis Lam.
common name: white rosewood
5
   Species  holdridgei (Camp & Monachino) Stearn
common name: hueso prieto
6
   Species  ligustrinus (Sw.) Pers.
common name: cabra blanca
7
   Species  pygmaeus Small
common name: pygmy fringetree
8
   Species  virginicus L.
common name: fringe tree
  
 
9
   Varietas  maritimus Pursh
syn. Chionanthus virginicus

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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