Encelia
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[ Enaulophyton ] [ Encelia ] [ Enceliopsis ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Encelia

brittlebrush
brittlebush
goldenhills
incienso

Hierarchical position of the Genus Encelia

   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
  
   Familia  Compositae Giseke
pub. Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 538. Apr 1792, nom. cons.
  
   Genus  Encelia Adans.
common name: brittlebush
  

Named members of the Genus Encelia

1
   Species  actonii Elmer
syn. Encelia virginensis var. actonii
2
   Species  californica Nutt.
common name: California brittlebush
  
3
   Species  farinosa Gray ex Torr.
common name: brittlebrush, incienso
  
 
4
   Varietas  farinosa
common name: goldenhills
5
   Varietas  phenicodonta (Blake) I.M. Johnston
common name: goldenhills
6
   Varietas  radians Brandeg. ex Blake
common name: goldenhills
7
   Species  frutescens (Gray) Gray
 
8
   Varietas  actonii (Elmer) Blake
syn. Encelia virginensis var. actonii
9
   Varietas  frutescens
common name: button brittlebush
10
   Varietas  resinosa M.E. Jones ex Blake
common name: button brittlebush
11
   Varietas  virginensis (A. Nels.) Blake
syn. Encelia virginensis var. virginensis
12
   Species  microcephala Gray
syn. Helianthella microcephala
13
   Species  nudicaulis Gray
syn. Enceliopsis nudicaulis var. nudicaulis
14
   Species  nutans Eastw.
syn. Enceliopsis nutans
15
   Species  scaposa (Gray) Gray
 
16
   Varietas  stenophylla Shinners
syn. Encelia scaposa
17
   Species  virginensis A. Nels.
 
18
   Subspecies  actonii (Elmer) Keck
syn. Encelia virginensis var. actonii
19
   Varietas  actonii (Elmer) B.L. Turner
common name: Acton's brittlebush
20
   Varietas  virginensis
common name: Virgin River brittlebush

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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