Operculina
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Operculina

Indian jalap
lidpod
turpeth

Hierarchical position of the Genus Operculina

   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  Solananae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Solanales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20. 1829.
common name: Polemoniales
  
   Subordo  Convolvulineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 175. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Convolvulaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 132. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Morning-glories
  
   Genus  Operculina Silva Manso   

Named members of the Genus Operculina

1
   Species  dissecta (Jacq.) House
syn. Merremia dissecta
2
   Species  pinnatifida (Kunth) O'Donell
common name: tansyleaf lidpod
3
   Species  Silva Manso
common name: lidpod
4
   Species  triquetra (Vahl) Hallier f.
syn. Operculina turpethum var. turpethum
5
   Species  tuberosa (L.) Meisn.
syn. Merremia tuberosa
6
   Species  turpethum (L.) Silva Manso
common name: turpeth, Indian jalap
  
 
7
   Varietas  turpethum
common name: St. Thomas lidpod
8
   Varietas  ventricosa (Bertero) Austin & Staples
common name: St. Thomas lidpod
9
   Species  ventricosa (Bertero) Peter
syn. Operculina turpethum var. ventricosa

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

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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