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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Empetrum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Empetrum

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  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Ericanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 221. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Ericales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28. 1829.       Subordo  Ericineae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 901, 937, 938, 1108. Jun 1835.       Familia  Ericaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 159. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Heaths, Heathers       Subfamilia  Empetroideae Nutt. ex Sweet pub. Hort. Brit.: 491. Sep-Oct 1826.       Tribus  Empetreae Horan. pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 109. 1847.       Genus  Empetrum L. pub. (1753) common name: crowberry

Named members of the Genus Empetrum

1	Species  atropurpureum Fern. & Wieg. syn. Empetrum eamesii ssp. atropurpureum
2	Species  eamesii Fern. & Wieg.
	3    Subspecies  atropurpureum (Fern. & Wieg.) D. L�ve common name: purple crowberry 4    Subspecies  hermaphroditum (Lange ex Hagerup) D. L�ve syn. Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum
5	Species  hermaphroditum Lange ex Hagerup syn. Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum common name: mountain crowberry
6	Species  nigrum L. common name: black crowberry
	7    Varietas  atropurpureum (Fern. & Wieg.) Boivin syn. Empetrum eamesii ssp. atropurpureum 8    Subspecies  hermaphroditum (Lange ex Hagerup) B�cher common name: black crowberry 9    Subspecies  nigrum common name: black crowberry 10    Varietas  purpureum (Raf.) A. DC. syn. Empetrum eamesii ssp. atropurpureum common name: purple crowberry
11	Species  rubrum Vahl common name: South American crowberry
	12    Varietas  atropurpureum (Fern. & Wieg.) R. Good syn. Empetrum eamesii ssp. atropurpureum

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.