Elaeagnus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Elaeagnus

autumn olive bush
goumi
gumi fruits
oleaster
olive
silverberry
tree of paradise

Hierarchical position of the Genus Elaeagnus

   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  Rhamnanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Elaeagnales Bromhead
pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 127. Jul 1838.
  
   Familia  Elaeagnaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 74. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Oleasters
  
   Subfamilia  Elaeagnoideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 570, 571, 1091, 1145. Jun 1835.
  
   Tribus  Elaeagneae Rchb.
pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1(2): 162. Jan-Apr 1831.
  
   Genus  Elaeagnus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: elaeagnus
  

Named members of the Genus Elaeagnus

1
   Species  angustifolia L.
common name: Russian olive, wild olive, oleaster, tree of paradise
  
2
   Species  argentea Pursh, non Moench
syn. Elaeagnus commutata
common name: silverberry
  
3
   Species  canadensis (L.) A. Nels.
syn. Shepherdia canadensis
4
   Species  commutata Bernh. ex Rydb.
common name: silverberry
  
5
   Species  multiflora Thunb.
common name: cherry silverberry, goumi, gumi fruits, daio-gumi  (Japanese)
  
6
   Species  parvifolia Royle
syn. Elaeagnus umbellata var. parvifolia
7
   Species  pungens Thunb.
common name: thorny olive
8
   Species  umbellata Thunb.
common name: autumn olive bush, aki-gumi  (Japanese)
  
 
9
   Varietas  parvifolia (Royle) Schneid.
common name: autumn olive
10
   Species  utilis A. Nels.
syn. Shepherdia argentea

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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