Limnanthes
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Limnanthes

march flower
meadowfoam

Hierarchical position of the Genus Limnanthes

   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  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Rutanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 311. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Limnanthales Nakai
pub. Hisi-Shokubutsu: 65. 1930.
  
   Subordo  Limnanthineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 143. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Limnanthaceae R. Br.
pub. London Edinburgh Philos. Mag. & J. Sci. 3: 70. Jul 1833.
common name: Meadow-foams
  
   Tribus  Limnantheae Horan.
pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 194. 1847.
  
   Genus  Limnanthes R. Br.
pub. (1833)
common name: meadowfoam
  

Named members of the Genus Limnanthes

1
   Species  alba Hartw. ex Benth.
 
2
   Subspecies  alba
common name: white meadowfoam
3
   Subspecies  versicolor (Greene) C.T. Mason
common name: white meadowfoam
4
   Varietas  versicolor (Greene) C.T. Mason
syn. Limnanthes alba ssp. versicolor
5
   Species  bakeri J.T. Howell
common name: Baker's meadowfoam
6
   Species  bellingeriana M.E. Peck
syn. Limnanthes floccosa ssp. bellingeriana
7
   Species  douglasii R. Br.
common name: meadowfoam, march flower
  
 
8
   Subspecies  douglasii
common name: Douglas' meadowfoam
9
   Subspecies  nivea (C.T. Mason) C.T. Mason
common name: Douglas' meadowfoam
10
   Varietas  nivea C.T. Mason
syn. Limnanthes douglasii ssp. nivea
11
   Subspecies  rosea (Hartw. ex Benth.) C.T. Mason
common name: Douglas' meadowfoam
12
   Varietas  rosea (Hartw. ex Benth.) C.T. Mason
syn. Limnanthes douglasii ssp. rosea
13
   Subspecies  sulphurea (C.T. Mason) C.T. Mason
common name: Douglas' meadowfoam
14
   Varietas  sulphurea C.T. Mason
syn. Limnanthes douglasii ssp. sulphurea
15
   Species  floccosa T.J. Howell
 
16
   Subspecies  bellingeriana (M.E. Peck) Arroyo
common name: woolly meadowfoam
17
   Varietas  bellingeriana (M.E. Peck) C.T. Mason
syn. Limnanthes floccosa ssp. bellingeriana
18
   Subspecies  californica Arroyo
common name: California meadowfoam
19
   Subspecies  floccosa
common name: woolly meadowfoam
20
   Subspecies  grandiflora Arroyo
common name: woolly meadowfoam
21
   Subspecies  pumila (T.J. Howell) Arroyo
common name: woolly meadowfoam
22
   Varietas  pumila (T.J. Howell) C.T. Mason
syn. Limnanthes floccosa ssp. pumila
23
   Species  gracilis T.J. Howell
 
24
   Subspecies  gracilis
common name: slender meadowfoam
25
   Subspecies  parishii (Jepson) Beauchamp
common name: Parish's slender meadowfoam
26
   Varietas  parishii (Jepson) C.T. Mason
syn. Limnanthes gracilis ssp. parishii
27
   Species  howelliana Abrams
syn. Limnanthes douglasii ssp. douglasii
28
   Species  montana Jepson
common name: mountain meadowfoam
29
   Species  pumila T.J. Howell
syn. Limnanthes floccosa ssp. pumila
30
   Species  rosea Hartw. ex Benth.
syn. Limnanthes douglasii ssp. rosea
31
   Species  striata Jepson
common name: foothill meadowfoam
32
   Species  versicolor (Greene) Rydb.
 
33
   Varietas  parishii Jepson
syn. Limnanthes gracilis ssp. parishii
34
   Species  vinculans Ornduff
common name: Sebastopol meadowfoam

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.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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