Mecardonia
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Mecardonia

axilflower
baby jump-up
mecardonia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Mecardonia

   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  Lamianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Lamiales Bromhead
pub. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 2: 210. Apr 1838.
  
   Familia  Scrophulariaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 117. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Figworts
  
   Genus  Mecardonia Ruiz & Pav.

Named members of the Genus Mecardonia

1
   Species  acuminata (Walt.) Small
 
2
   Varietas  acuminata
common name: axilflower
3
   Varietas  microphylla (Raf.) Pennell
common name: axilflower
4
   Varietas  peninsularis Pennell
common name: axilflower
5
   Species  dianthera Pennell
syn. Mecardonia procumbens
6
   Species  peduncularis (Benth.) Small
syn. Mecardonia procumbens
7
   Species  procumbens (P. Mill.) Small
common name: baby jump-up
8
   Species  Ruiz & Pav�n
common name: mecardonia
9
   Species  tenuis Small
syn. Mecardonia procumbens
10
   Species  vandellioides auct. non (Kunth) Pennell
syn. Mecardonia procumbens

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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