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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Najas

Hierarchical position of the Genus Najas

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  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Alismatidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 461. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Alismatanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 461. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Najadales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 59. 1829.    Familia  Najadaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 18. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Water-nymphs    Subfamilia  Najadoideae Luerss. pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 304. Dec 1879.    Tribus  Najadeae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 164. 1827.    Genus  Najas L. pub. (1753) common name: waternymph

Named members of the Genus Najas

1	Species  ancistrocarpa auct. non Magnus syn. Najas filifolia
2	Species  arguta Kunth
	3    Varietas  conferta A. Braun syn. Najas wrightiana
4	Species  caespitosa (Maguire) Reveal syn. Najas flexilis
5	Species  conferta (A. Braun) A. Braun syn. Najas wrightiana
6	Species  filifolia Haynes common name: needleleaf waternymph
7	Species  flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & Schmidt
	8    Subspecies  caespitosa Maguire syn. Najas flexilis 9    Varietas  congesta Farw. syn. Najas flexilis 10    Varietas  robusta Morong syn. Najas flexilis
11	Species  gracilis (Morong) Small syn. Najas marina
12	Species  gracillima (A. Braun ex Engelm.) Magnus common name: slender waternymph
13	Species  graminea Delile common name: ricefield waternymph
14	Species  guadalupensis (Spreng.) Magnus
	15    Subspecies  floridana (Haynes & Wentz) Haynes & C.B. Hellquist common name: Florida waternymph 16    Varietas  floridana Haynes & Wentz syn. Najas guadalupensis ssp. floridana 17    Subspecies  guadalupensis common name: southern waternymph 18    Subspecies  muenscheri (Clausen) Haynes & C.B. Hellquist common name: Muenscher's waternymph 19    Varietas  muenscheri (Clausen) Haynes syn. Najas guadalupensis ssp. muenscheri 20    Subspecies  olivacea (Rosendahl & Butters) Haynes & C.B. Hell common name: Guadalupe waternymph 21    Varietas  olivacea (Rosendahl & Butters) Haynes syn. Najas guadalupensis ssp. olivacea
22	Species  indica (Willd.) Cham.
	23    Varietas  gracillima A. Braun ex Engelm. syn. Najas gracillima
24	Species  major All.
	25    Varietas  angustifolia A. Braun ex K. Schum. syn. Najas marina
26	Species  marina L.
	27    Varietas  recurvata Dudley syn. Najas marina
28	Species  minor All. common name: brittle waternymph
29	Species  muenscheri Clausen syn. Najas guadalupensis ssp. muenscheri
30	Species  olivacea Rosendahl & Butters syn. Najas guadalupensis ssp. olivacea
31	Species  wrightiana A. Braun
	32    Subspecies  multidentata (Koch) Clausen syn. Najas wrightiana

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.