Microseris
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Microseris

apargidium
silverpuffs
sylvan scorzonella

Hierarchical position of the Genus Microseris

   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  Microseris D.Don
common name: silverpuffs

Named members of the Genus Microseris

1
   Species  acuminata Greene
common name: Sierra foothill silverpuffs
2
   Species  alpestris (Gray) Q. Jones ex Cronq.
syn. Nothocalais alpestris
3
   Species  bigelovii (Gray) Schultz-Bip.
common name: coastal silverpuffs
4
   Species  borealis (Bong.) Schultz-Bip.
common name: apargidium
5
   Species  campestris Greene
common name: San Joaquin silverpuffs
6
   Species  cuspidata (Pursh) Schultz-Bip.
syn. Nothocalais cuspidata
7
   Species  decipiens Chambers
syn. Stebbinsoseris decipiens
8
   Species  douglasii (DC.) Schultz-Bip.
 
9
   Subspecies  douglasii
common name: Douglas' silverpuffs
10
   Subspecies  platycarpha (Gray) Chambers
common name: Douglas' silverpuffs
11
   Varietas  platycarpha (Gray) B.L. Turner
syn. Microseris douglasii ssp. platycarpha
12
   Subspecies  tenella (Gray) Chambers
common name: Douglas' silverpuffs
13
   Species  elegans Greene ex Gray
common name: elegant silverpuffs
14
   Species  heterocarpa (Nutt.) Chambers
syn. Stebbinsoseris heterocarpa
15
   Species  howellii Gray
common name: Howell's silverpuffs
16
   Species  laciniata (Hook.) Schultz-Bip.
 
17
   Subspecies  detlingii Chambers
common name: Detling's silverpuffs
18
   Subspecies  laciniata
common name: cutleaf silverpuffs
19
   Subspecies  leptosepala (Nutt.) Chambers
common name: cutleaf silverpuffs
20
   Varietas  siskiyouensis Chambers
common name: cutleaf silverpuffs
21
   Species  lindleyi (DC.) Gray
syn. Uropappus lindleyi
22
   Species  linearifolia (Nutt.) Schultz-Bip.
syn. Uropappus lindleyi
23
   Species  nigrescens Henderson
syn. Nothocalais nigrescens
24
   Species  nutans (Hook.) Schultz-Bip.
 
25
   Subspecies  siskiyouensis Chambers
syn. Microseris laciniata var. siskiyouensis
26
   Species  paludosa (Greene) J.T. Howell
common name: marsh silverpuffs
27
   Species  sylvatica (Benth.) Schultz-Bip.
common name: sylvan scorzonella
28
   Species  troximoides Gray
syn. Nothocalais troximoides

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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