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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Liatris

Hierarchical position of the Genus Liatris

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       Tribus  Liatrideae Lindl. in Loud. pub. Encycl. Pl.: 1073. 1829.       Subtribus  Liatridinae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 31. 1829.       Genus  Liatris Gaertn. ex Schreb. pub. (1791) common name: blazing star

Named members of the Genus Liatris

1	Species  acidota Engelm. & Gray common name: sharp blazing star
2	Species  angustifolia (Bush) Gaiser syn. Liatris densispicata var. interrupta
3	Species  aspera Michx.
	4    Varietas  aspera common name: tall blazing star 5    Varietas  intermedia (Lunell) Gaiser common name: tall blazing star 6    Varietas  salutans (Lunell) Shinners common name: tall blazing star
7	Species  bebbiana Rydb. syn. Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya
8	Species  borealis Nutt. syn. Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae
9	Species  bracteata Gaiser common name: bracted blazing star
10	Species  chapmanii Torr. & Gray common name: Chapman's blazing star
11	Species  cokeri Pyne & Stucky common name: Sandhills blazing star
12	Species  compacta (Torr. & Gray) Rydb. syn. Liatris squarrosa var. compacta
13	Species  cylindracea Michx. common name: Ontario blazing star
14	Species  cymosa (H. Ness) K. Schum. common name: branched blazing star
15	Species  densispicata (Bush) Gaiser
	16    Varietas  densispicata common name: densespike blazing star 17    Varietas  interrupta Gaiser common name: densespike blazing star
18	Species  earlei (Greene) K. Schum. syn. Liatris squarrulosa
19	Species  elegans (Walt.) Michx.
	20    Varietas  carizzana Gaiser common name: pinkscale blazing star 21    Varietas  elegans common name: pinkscale blazing star 22    Varietas  flabellata (Small) Gaiser common name: pinkscale blazing star
23	Species  garberi Gray common name: Garber's blazing star
24	Species  glabrata Rydb.
	25    Varietas  alabamensis (Alexander) Shinners syn. Liatris squarrosa var. alabamensis
26	Species  gracilis Pursh common name: slender blazing star
27	Species  graminifolia Willd.
	28    Varietas  dubia (W. Bart.) Gray syn. Liatris spicata var. racemosa 29    Varietas  elegantula (Greene) K. Schum. syn. Liatris pilosa var. elegantula 30    Varietas  lasia Fern. & Grisc. syn. Liatris pilosa var. lasia 31    Varietas  racemosa (DC.) Venard syn. Liatris spicata var. racemosa 32    Varietas  smallii (Britt.) Fern. & Grisc. syn. Liatris virgata 33    Varietas  virgata (Nutt.) Fern. syn. Liatris virgata
34	Species  helleri Porter common name: Heller's blazing star
35	Species  hirsuta Rydb. syn. Liatris squarrosa var. hirsuta
36	Species  kansana Britt. syn. Liatris lancifolia
37	Species  laevigata (Nutt.) Small syn. Liatris tenuifolia var. quadriflora
38	Species  lancifolia (Greene) Kittell common name: lanceleaf blazing star
39	Species  ligulistylis (A. Nels.) K. Schum. common name: Rocky Mountain blazing star
40	Species  microcephala (Small) K. Schum. common name: smallhead blazing star
41	Species  mucronata DC. common name: cusp blazing star
42	Species  novae-angliae (Lunell) Shinners
	43    Varietas  nieuwlandii (Lunell) Shinners syn. Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii
44	Species  ohlingerae (Blake) B.L. Robins. common name: Florida blazing star
45	Species  pauciflora Pursh common name: fewflower blazing star
46	Species  pilosa (Ait.) Willd.
	47    Varietas  elegantula (Greene) Kartesz, comb. nov. ined. common name: shaggy blazing star 48    Varietas  lasia (Fern. & Grisc.) Kartesz, comb. nov. ine common name: shaggy blazing star 49    Varietas  pilosa common name: shaggy blazing star
50	Species  provincialis Godfrey common name: Godfrey's blazing star
51	Species  punctata Hook.
	52    Varietas  mexicana Gaiser common name: Mexican blazing star 53    Varietas  nebraskana Gaiser common name: Nebraska blazing star 54    Varietas  punctata common name: dotted blazing star 55    Varietas  typica Gaiser syn. Liatris punctata var. punctata
56	Species  pycnostachya Michx. common name: Kansas gay-feather
	57    Varietas  lasiophylla Shinners common name: prairie blazing star 58    Varietas  pycnostachya common name: prairie blazing star
59	Species  regimontis (Small) K. Schum. as to type syn. Liatris virgata
60	Species  scabra (Greene) K. Schum. syn. Liatris squarrulosa
61	Species  scariosa (L.) Willd.
	62    Varietas  nieuwlandii (Lunell) E.G. Voss common name: Nieuwland's blazing star 63    Varietas  novae-angliae Lunell common name: New England blazing star 64    Varietas  scariosa common name: devil's bite 65    Varietas  squarrulosa (Michx.) Gray syn. Liatris squarrulosa 66    Varietas  virginiana (Lunell) Gaiser common name: Virginia blazing star
67	Species  secunda Ell. common name: piedmont blazing star
68	Species  spheroidea Michx. common name: spherical blazing star
69	Species  spicata (L.) Willd. common name: spike gay-feather
	70    Varietas  racemosa DC. common name: dense blazing star 71    Varietas  resinosa (Nutt.) Gaiser common name: dense blazing star 72    Varietas  spicata common name: dense blazing star
73	Species  squarrosa (L.) Michx.
	74    Varietas  alabamensis (Alexander) Gaiser common name: Alabama blazing star 75    Varietas  compacta Torr. & Gray common name: scaly blazing star 76    Varietas  glabrata (Rydb.) Gaiser common name: scaly blazing star 77    Varietas  gracilenta Gaiser syn. Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa 78    Varietas  hirsuta (Rydb.) Gaiser common name: scaly blazing star 79    Varietas  squarrosa common name: scaly blazing star
80	Species  squarrulosa Michx. common name: Appalachian blazing star
81	Species  tenuifolia Nutt.
	82    Varietas  laevigata (Nutt.) B.L. Robins. syn. Liatris tenuifolia var. quadriflora 83    Varietas  quadriflora Chapman common name: shortleaf blazing star 84    Varietas  tenuifolia common name: shortleaf blazing star
85	Species  tenuis Shinners common name: Gulf blazing star
86	Species  turgida Gaiser common name: turgid blazing star
87	Species  virgata Nutt. common name: grassleaf gayfeather
88	Species  x boykinii Torr. & Gray (pro sp.)
89	Species  x fallacior (Lunell) Rydb. (pro sp.)
90	Species  x frostii Gaiser
91	Species  x gladewitzii (Farw.) Farw. ex Shinners
92	Species  x nieuwlandii (Lunell) Gaiser syn. Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii
93	Species  x ridgwayi Standl.
94	Species  x steelei Gaiser
95	Species  x weaveri Shinners

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.