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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Fothergilla

Hierarchical position of the Genus Fothergilla

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  Hamamelididae Takht. pub. 1967       SuperOrdo  Hamamelidanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 113. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Hamamelidales Griseb. pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 127. Jan-Jun 1854.       Familia  Hamamelidaceae R. Br. in Abel pub. Narr. Journey China: 374. Aug 1818. common name: Witch-Hazels       Subfamilia  Fothergilloideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 733, 1133. Jun 1835.       Tribus  Fothergilleae DC. pub. Prodr. 4: 269. late Sep 1830.       Subtribus  Fothergillinae Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 804. Jun 1839.       Genus  Fothergilla L. pub. (1774) common name: witchalder

Named members of the Genus Fothergilla

1	Species  gardenii L. common name: dwarf witchalder
2	Species  major (Sims) Lodd. common name: mountain witchalder, large fothergilla
3	Species  parvifolia Kearney syn. Fothergilla gardenii

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.