Dicentra
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Dicentra

Dutchman's breeches
bleeding heart
corn
golden eardrops
steer's-head

Hierarchical position of the Genus Dicentra

   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  Ranunculopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xxvi, 96. 12 Aug 1843.
  
   Subclassis  Ranunculidae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.
  
   SuperOrdo  Ranunculanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Papaverales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 44. 1829.
  
   Familia  Papaveraceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 235. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
common name: Poppies
  
   Tribus  Dicentreae Horan.
pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 168. 1847.
  
   Subtribus  Dicentrinae Endl.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 859. Jun 1839.
  
   Genus  Dicentra Bernh.
pub. (1833)
common name: bleeding heart
  

Named members of the Genus Dicentra

1
   Species  canadensis (Goldie) Walp.
common name: squirrel corn
  
2
   Species  chrysantha (Hook. & Arn.) Walp.
syn. Ehrendorferia chrysantha
common name: golden eardrops
  
3
   Species  cucullaria (L.) Bernh.
common name: Dutchman's breeches
  
 
4
   Varietas  occidentalis (Rydb.) M.E. Peck
syn. Dicentra cucullaria
5
   Species  eximia (Ker-Gawl.) Torr.
common name: turkey corn, fringed bleeding heart
  
6
   Species  formosa (Haw.) Walp.
common name: Pacific bleeding heart, Western bleeding heart
  
 
7
   Varietas  brevifolia Henderson
syn. Dicentra formosa ssp. formosa
8
   Varietas  brevipes Henderson
syn. Dicentra formosa ssp. formosa
9
   Subspecies  formosa
common name: Pacific bleeding heart
10
   Subspecies  nevadensis (Eastw.) Munz
syn. Dicentra nevadensis
11
   Subspecies  oregona (Eastw.) Munz
common name: Oregon bleeding heart
12
   Species  nevadensis Eastw.
common name: Sierra bleeding heart
13
   Species  occidentalis (Rydb.) Fedde
syn. Dicentra cucullaria
14
   Species  ochroleuca Engelm.
syn. Ehrendorferia ochroleuca
15
   Species  oregona Eastw.
syn. Dicentra formosa ssp. oregona
16
   Species  pauciflora S. Wats.
common name: shorthorn steer's-head
17
   Species  spectabilis (L.) Lem.
syn. Lamprocapnos spectabilis
common name: bleeding heart
  
18
   Species  uniflora Kellogg
common name: longhorn steer's-head

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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