Gossypianthus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Gossypianthus

woolly cottonflower

Hierarchical position of the Genus Gossypianthus

   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  Caryophyllidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb
pub. 1826
  
   Familia  Amaranthaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 87. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Amaranths
  
   Genus  Gossypianthus Hook.
syn. Guilleminea Kunth
common name: cottonflower

Named members of the Genus Gossypianthus

1
   Species  lanuginosus (Poir.) Moq.
 
2
   Varietas  lanuginosus
common name: woolly cottonflower
3
   Varietas  sheldonii Uline & Bray
syn. Gossypianthus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus
4
   Varietas  tenuiflorus (Hook.) Mears ex Henrickson
common name: woolly cottonflower
5
   Species  rigidiflorus Hook.
syn. Gossypianthus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus
6
   Species  sheldonii (Uline & Bray) Small
syn. Gossypianthus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus
7
   Species  tenuiflorus Hook.
syn. Gossypianthus lanuginosus var. tenuiflorus

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.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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