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[ Eriophoropsis ] [ Eriophorum ] [ Eriophyllum ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Eriophorum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Eriophorum

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  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Cyperales Hutch. pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 16, 193. 1934.       Familia  Cyperaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 26. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Sedges       Genus  Eriophorum L. common name: cottongrass

Named members of the Genus Eriophorum

1	Species  alpinum L. syn. Trichophorum alpinum
2	Species  altaicum Meinsh.
	3    Varietas  neogaeum Raymond common name: whitebristle cottongrass
4	Species  angustifolium Honckeny
	5    Varietas  coloratum Hult�n syn. Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. subarcticum 6    Varietas  giganteum Hult�n syn. Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. subarcticum 7    Varietas  majus F.W. Schultz syn. Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. subarcticum 8    Subspecies  scabriusculum Hult�n common name: tall cottongrass 9    Subspecies  subarcticum (Vassiljev) Hult�n ex Kartesz & Gandhi common name: tall cottongrass 10    Subspecies  triste (T. Fries) Hult�n common name: tall cottongrass
11	Species  brachyantherum Trautv. & C.A. Mey. common name: northland cottonsedge
12	Species  callitrix Cham. ex C.A. Mey.
	13    Varietas  callitrix common name: arctic cottongrass 14    Varietas  moravium Raymond common name: arctic cottongrass
15	Species  chamissonis C.A. Mey.
	16    Varietas  albidum (W. Nyl.) Fern. syn. Eriophorum russeolum var. albidum
17	Species  crinigerum (Gray) Beetle common name: fringed cottongrass
18	Species  gracile W.D.J. Koch
	19    Varietas  caurianum Fern. common name: slender cottongrass 20    Varietas  gracile common name: slender cottongrass
21	Species  opacum (Bj�rnstr.) Fern. syn. Eriophorum brachyantherum
22	Species  polystachion L. p.p. syn. Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. subarcticum
23	Species  russeolum Fries ex Hartman
	24    Varietas  albidum W. Nyl. common name: red cottongrass 25    Varietas  majus Sommier common name: red cottongrass 26    Subspecies  rufescens (E. Anders.) Hyl. syn. Eriophorum chamissonis
27	Species  scheuchzeri Hoppe
	28    Varietas  tenuifolium Ohwi syn. Eriophorum scheuchzeri
29	Species  spissum Fern.
	30    Varietas  erubescens (Fern.) Fern. syn. Eriophorum vaginatum var. spissum
31	Species  tenellum Nutt.
	32    Varietas  monticola Fern. syn. Eriophorum tenellum
33	Species  triste (T. Fries) Hadac & A. L�ve syn. Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. triste
34	Species  vaginatum L.
	35    Subspecies  spissum (Fern.) Hult�n syn. Eriophorum vaginatum var. spissum 36    Varietas  spissum (Fern.) Boivin common name: tussock cottongrass 37    Varietas  vaginatum common name: tussock cottongrass
38	Species  virginicum L. common name: tawny cottongrass
39	Species  viridicarinatum (Engelm.) Fern. common name: thinleaf cottonsedge
40	Species  x beringianum Raymond
41	Species  x churchillianum Lepage
42	Species  x porsildii Raymond
43	Species  x pylaieanum Raymond
44	Species  x rousseauanum Raymond
45	Species  x sorensenii Raymond syn. Eriophorum �rousseauanum

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.