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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Malacothrix

Hierarchical position of the Genus Malacothrix

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       Familia  Compositae Giseke pub. Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 538. Apr 1792, nom. cons.       Genus  Malacothrix DC. common name: desertdandelion

Named members of the Genus Malacothrix

1	Species  altissima Greene syn. Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia
2	Species  arachnoidea McGregor syn. Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea
3	Species  blairii (Munz & Johnston) Munz & Johnston syn. Stephanomeria blairii
4	Species  californica DC.
	5    Varietas  glabrata Gray ex D.C. Eat. syn. Malacothrix glabrata
6	Species  clevelandii Gray
	7    Varietas  stebbinsii (W.S. Davis & Raven) Cronq. syn. Malacothrix stebbinsii
8	Species  coulteri Harvey & Gray
	9    Varietas  cognata Jepson syn. Malacothrix coulteri
10	Species  fendleri Gray common name: Fendler's desertdandelion
11	Species  floccifera (DC.) Blake common name: woolly desertdandelion
12	Species  foliosa Gray
	13    Subspecies  crispifolia W.S. Davis common name: petite desertdandelion 14    Subspecies  foliosa common name: leafy desertdandelion 15    Varietas  indecora (Greene) E. Williams syn. Malacothrix indecora 16    Subspecies  philbrickii W.S. Davis common name: Philbrick's desertdandelion 17    Subspecies  polycephala W.S. Davis common name: manyhead desertdandelion 18    Varietas  squalida (Greene) E. Williams syn. Malacothrix squalida
19	Species  glabrata (Gray ex D.C. Eat.) Gray common name: smooth desertdandelion
20	Species  implicata Eastw. syn. Malacothrix saxatilis var. implicata
21	Species  incana (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray
	22    Varietas  succulenta (Elmer) E. Williams syn. Malacothrix incana
23	Species  indecora Greene common name: Santa Cruz Island desertdandelion
24	Species  insularis Greene
	25    Varietas  squalida (Greene) Ferris syn. Malacothrix squalida
26	Species  intermedia W.S. Davis, sp. nov. ined. common name: intermediate desertdandelion
27	Species  junakii W.S. Davis common name: Junak's desertdandelion
28	Species  obtusa Benth. syn. Malacothrix floccifera
29	Species  parviflora Benth. syn. Malacothrix floccifera
30	Species  phaeocarpa W.S. Davis common name: Davis' desertdandelion
31	Species  platyphylla Gray syn. Atrichoseris platyphylla
32	Species  saxatilis (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray
	33    Varietas  altissima (Greene) Ferris syn. Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia 34    Varietas  arachnoidea (McGregor) E. Williams common name: cliff desertdandelion 35    Varietas  commutata (Torr. & Gray) Ferris common name: cliff desertdandelion 36    Varietas  implicata (Eastw.) Hall common name: cliff desertdandelion 37    Varietas  saxatilis common name: cliff desertdandelion 38    Varietas  tenuifolia (Nutt.) Gray common name: cliff desertdandelion 39    Varietas  tenuissima Munz syn. Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia
40	Species  senecioides Reiche syn. Malacothrix floccifera
41	Species  similis W.S. Davis & Raven common name: twin desertdandelion
42	Species  sonchoides (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray
	43    Varietas  torreyi (Gray) E. Williams syn. Malacothrix torreyi
44	Species  sonorae W.S. Davis & Raven common name: Sonoran desertdandelion
45	Species  squalida Greene common name: Santa Cruz desertdandelion
46	Species  stebbinsii W.S. Davis & Raven common name: Stebbins' desertdandelion
47	Species  succulenta Elmer syn. Malacothrix incana
48	Species  tenuifolia (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray syn. Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia
49	Species  torreyi Gray common name: Torrey's desertdandelion

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.