Elephantopus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Elephantopus

devil's grandmother
elephantsfoot

Hierarchical position of the Genus Elephantopus

   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  Asteridae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Asteranae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 451. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Asterales Lindl.
pub. 1833
  
   Familia  Asteraceae Dumort.
pub. Comment. Bot.: 55. Nov-Dec 1822.
common name: Sunflowers
  
   Subtribus  Elephantopinae Less.
pub. Linnaea 5: 135. Jan 1830.
   Genus  Elephantopus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: elephantsfoot

Named members of the Genus Elephantopus

1
   Species  carolinianus Raeusch.
 
2
   Varietas  simplex Nutt.
syn. Elephantopus tomentosus
3
   Species  elatus Bertol.
 
4
   Varietas  intermedius Gleason
syn. Elephantopus elatus
5
   Species  flexuosus Raf.
syn. Elephantopus carolinianus
6
   Species  hypomalacus Blake
syn. Elephantopus mollis
7
   Species  martii Graham
syn. Elephantopus mollis
8
   Species  mollis Kunth
common name: soft elephantsfoot
9
   Species  nudatus Gray
common name: smooth elephantsfoot
10
   Species  nudicaulis Poir.
syn. Elephantopus tomentosus
11
   Species  pilosus Philipson
syn. Elephantopus mollis
12
   Species  spicatus Juss. ex Aubl.
syn. Pseudelephantopus spicatus
13
   Species  tomentosus L.
common name: devil's grandmother
14
   Species  violaceus Schultz-Bip.
syn. Elephantopus carolinianus

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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