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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Houstonia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Houstonia

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  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Gentiananae Thorne ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Rubiales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 29. 1829.       Subordo  Rubiineae Raf. pub. Ann. G�n. Sci. Phys. Bruxelles 6: 83. 1820.       Familia  Rubiaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 196. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons. common name: Madders       Genus  Houstonia L. pub. (1753) common name: bluet

Named members of the Genus Houstonia

1	Species  acerosa (Gray) Gray ex Benth. & Hook. f.
	2    Subspecies  polypremoides (Gray) Terrell syn. Houstonia acerosa
3	Species  angustifolia Michx.
	4    Varietas  filifolia (Chapman) Gray syn. Hedyotis nigricans var. nigricans 5    Varietas  rigidiuscula Gray syn. Hedyotis nigricans var. nigricans
6	Species  butterwickiae Terrell syn. Hedyotis butterwickiae
7	Species  caerulea L.
	8    Varietas  faxonorum Pease & Moore syn. Houstonia caerulea
9	Species  calycosa (Gray) C. Mohr syn. Houstonia purpurea var. calycosa
10	Species  canadensis Willd. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
	11    Varietas  setiscaphia (L.G. Carr) C.F. Reed syn. Houstonia canadensis
12	Species  ciliolata Torr. syn. Houstonia canadensis
13	Species  correllii (W.H. Lewis) Terrell common name: Correll's bluet
14	Species  croftiae Britt. & Rusby common name: Croft's bluet
15	Species  fasciculata Gray, non Bertol. syn. Hedyotis intricata
16	Species  filifolia (Chapman) Small syn. Hedyotis nigricans var. nigricans
17	Species  floridana Standl. syn. Hedyotis nigricans var. floridana
18	Species  greenei (Gray) Terrell syn. Hedyotis greenei
19	Species  humifusa (Gray) Gray common name: matted bluet
20	Species  lanceolata (Poir.) Britt. syn. Houstonia purpurea var. calycosa
21	Species  longifolia Gaertn.
	22    Varietas  compacta Terrell syn. Houstonia longifolia 23    Varietas  glabra Terrell syn. Houstonia longifolia 24    Varietas  tenuifolia (Nutt.) Wood syn. Houstonia longifolia
25	Species  micrantha (Shinners) Terrell common name: southern bluet
26	Species  minima Beck syn. Houstonia pusilla
27	Species  montana Small syn. Houstonia purpurea var. montana
28	Species  mullerae (Fosberg) Terrell syn. Hedyotis mullerae
29	Species  nigricans (Lam.) Fern.
	30    Varietas  floridana (Standl.) Terrell syn. Hedyotis nigricans var. floridana 31    Varietas  pulvinata (Small) Terrell syn. Hedyotis nigricans var. pulvinata
32	Species  ouachitana (E.B. Sm.) Terrell common name: Ouachita bluet
33	Species  parviflora Holz. ex Greenm. common name: Greenman's bluet
34	Species  patens Ell. syn. Houstonia pusilla
35	Species  polypremoides Gray
	36    Varietas  bigelovii Greenm. syn. Houstonia acerosa
37	Species  procumbens (Walt. ex J.F. Gmel.) Standl. common name: roundleaf bluet
38	Species  pulvinata Small syn. Hedyotis nigricans var. pulvinata
39	Species  purpurea L.
	40    Varietas  calycosa Gray common name: Venus' pride 41    Varietas  montana (Small) Terrell common name: Venus' pride 42    Varietas  pubescens Britt. syn. Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea 43    Varietas  purpurea common name: Venus' pride 44    Varietas  tenuifolia (Nutt.) Gray syn. Houstonia longifolia
45	Species  pusilla Schoepf common name: tiny bluet
46	Species  pygmaea C.H. & M.T. Muller syn. Houstonia rosea
47	Species  rigidiuscula (Gray) Woot. & Standl. syn. Hedyotis nigricans var. nigricans
48	Species  rosea (Raf.) Terrell common name: rose bluet
49	Species  rotundifolia Michx. syn. Houstonia procumbens
50	Species  rubra Cav. common name: red bluet
51	Species  rupicola Greenm. syn. Hedyotis angulata
52	Species  salina Heller syn. Hedyotis nigricans var. nigricans
53	Species  serpyllifolia Michx. common name: thymeleaf bluet
54	Species  setiscaphia L.G. Carr syn. Houstonia canadensis
55	Species  subviscosa (C. Wright ex Gray) Gray common name: nodding bluet
56	Species  tenuifolia Nutt. syn. Houstonia longifolia
57	Species  tenuis Small syn. Hedyotis nigricans var. nigricans
58	Species  wrightii Gray common name: pygmy bluet

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.