Mortonia
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[ Morsacanthus ] [ Mortonia ] [ Mortoniella ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Mortonia

Utah mortonia
saddlebush

Hierarchical position of the Genus Mortonia

   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  Celastranae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 371. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Celastrales Baskerville
pub. Aff. Pl.: 104. 1839.
  
   Subordo  Celastrineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 462. 15 Nov 1895.
  
   Familia  Celastraceae R. Br. in Flinders
pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 554. 19 Jul 1814.
common name: Bittersweets
  
   Genus  Mortonia A.Gray
common name: saddlebush

Named members of the Genus Mortonia

1
   Species  greggii Gray
common name: Gregg's saddlebush
2
   Species  scabrella Gray
 
3
   Varietas  utahensis Coville ex Gray
syn. Mortonia utahensis
4
   Species  sempervirens Gray
common name: Rio Grande saddlebush
5
   Species  utahensis (Coville ex Gray) A. Nels.
common name: Utah mortonia

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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