Convallaria
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Convallaria

American lily of the valley
lily-of-the-valley

Hierarchical position of the Genus Convallaria

   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  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Asparagales Bromhead
pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 132. Jul 1838.
  
   Familia  Convallariaceae Horan.
pub. Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 53. Jul-Dec 1834.
  
   Subfamilia  Convallarioideae Herb.
pub. Amaryllidaceae: 48. late Apr 1837.
  
   Tribus  Convallarieae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 138. 1827.
  
   Genus  Convallaria L.
pub. (1753)
common name: lily of the valley
  

Named members of the Genus Convallaria

1
   Species  biflora Walt. p.p.
syn. Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum
2
   Species  fruticosa L.
syn. Cordyline fruticosa
3
   Species  majalis L.
common name: lily-of-the-valley
  
 
4
   Varietas  montana (Raf.) Ahles
syn. Convallaria majuscula
5
   Species  majuscula Greene
common name: American lily of the valley
  
6
   Species  montana Raf.
syn. Convallaria majuscula
7
   Species  pubescens Willd.
syn. Polygonatum pubescens
8
   Species  racemosa L.
syn. Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum
9
   Species  stellata L.
syn. Maianthemum stellatum
10
   Species  trifolia L.
syn. Maianthemum trifolium

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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