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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Circaea

enchanter's nightshade

Hierarchical position of the Genus Circaea

   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  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Myrtanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 295. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Myrtales Rchb.
pub. Bot. Damen: 475. 1828.
  
   Subordo  Onagrineae Rchb.
pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: lxviii. Jul 1841.
  
   Familia  Onagraceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 317. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Evening-primroses
  
   Subfamilia  Circaeoideae Kostel.
pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1487. Jan-Oct 1835.
   Tribus  Circaeeae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 88. 1827.
   Genus  Circaea L.
pub. (1753)
common name: enchanter's nightshade

Named members of the Genus Circaea

1
   Species  alpina L.
 
2
   Subspecies  alpina
common name: small enchanter's nightshade
3
   Subspecies  pacifica (Aschers. & Magnus) Raven
common name: small enchanter's nightshade
4
   Varietas  pacifica (Aschers. & Magnus) M.E. Jones
syn. Circaea alpina ssp. pacifica
5
   Species  canadensis (L.) Hill
 
6
   Varietas  virginiana Fern.
syn. Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis
7
   Species  latifolia Hill
syn. Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis
8
   Species  lutetiana L.
 
9
   Subspecies  canadensis (L.) Aschers. & Magnus
common name: broadleaf enchanter's nightshade
10
   Varietas  canadensis L.
syn. Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis
11
   Species  pacifica Aschers. & Magnus
syn. Circaea alpina ssp. pacifica
12
   Species  quadrisulcata (Maxim.) Franch. & Savigny
 
13
   Subspecies  canadensis (L.) A.& D. L�ve
syn. Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis
14
   Varietas  canadensis (L.) Hara
syn. Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis
15
   Species  x intermedia Ehrh. (pro sp.)

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.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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