Cranichis
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cranichis

helmet orchid

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cranichis

   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  Orchidales Raf.
pub. Anal. Nat.: 197. Apr-Jul 1815.
  
   Subordo  Orchidineae Rchb.
pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: xxxviii. Jul 1841.
  
   Familia  Orchidaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 64. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Orchids
  
   Tribus  Cranichideae (Lindl. ex Meisn.) Pfeiff.
pub. Nomencl. Bot. 1(2): 901. 1873.
   Subtribus  Cranichidinae Lindl. ex Meisn.
pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 384, Comm. 288. 17-20 Aug 1842.
   Genus  Cranichis Sw.
pub. (1788)
common name: helmet orchid

Named members of the Genus Cranichis

1
   Species  muscosa Sw.
common name: cypress-knee helmet orchid
2
   Species  oligantha Sw.
syn. Prescotia oligantha
3
   Species  ricartii Ackerman
common name: Puerto Rico helmet orchid
4
   Species  stachyodes Sw.
syn. Prescotia stachyodes
5
   Species  tenuis Reichenb. f.
common name: narrow helmet orchid

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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