Malacothrix
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Malacothrix

desertdandelion

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.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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