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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Elephantopus

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.