Parnassia
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Parnassia

Alaska grass of Parnassus
California grass of Parnassus
Carolina grass of Parnassus
fen grass of Parnassus
fringed grass of Parnassus
kidneyleaf grass of Parnassus
largeleaf grass of Parnassus
marsh grass of Parnassus
mountain grass of Parnassus
smallflower grass of Parnassus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Parnassia

   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  Parnassiales Nakai
pub. Chosakuronbun Mokuroku: 243. 20 Jul 1943.
   Familia  Parnassiaceae Gray
pub. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 623, 670. 1 Nov 1821.
   Subfamilia  Parnassioideae Arn.
pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 98. 9 Mar 1832.
   Tribus  Parnassieae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 115. 1827.
   Genus  Parnassia L.
pub. (1753)
common name: grass of Parnassus

Named members of the Genus Parnassia

1
   Species  americana Muhl.
syn. Parnassia glauca
2
   Species  asarifolia Vent.
common name: kidneyleaf grass of Parnassus
3
   Species  californica (Gray) Greene
common name: California grass of Parnassus
4
   Species  caroliniana Michx.
common name: Carolina grass of Parnassus
5
   Species  cirrata Piper
 
6
   Varietas  intermedia (Rydb.) P. & N. Holmgren
syn. Parnassia fimbriata var. intermedia
7
   Species  fimbriata Koenig
 
8
   Varietas  fimbriata
common name: fringed grass of Parnassus
9
   Varietas  hoodiana C.L. Hitchc.
common name: fringed grass of Parnassus
10
   Varietas  intermedia (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.
common name: fringed grass of Parnassus
11
   Species  floridana Rydb.
syn. Parnassia caroliniana
12
   Species  glauca Raf.
common name: fen grass of Parnassus
13
   Species  grandifolia DC.
common name: largeleaf grass of Parnassus
14
   Species  intermedia Rydb.
syn. Parnassia fimbriata var. intermedia
15
   Species  kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng.
 
16
   Varietas  pumila C.L. Hitchc. & Ownbey
syn. Parnassia kotzebuei
17
   Species  montanensis Fern. & Rydb. ex Rydb.
syn. Parnassia palustris var. montanensis
18
   Species  multiseta (Ledeb.) Fern.
syn. Parnassia palustris var. tenuis
19
   Species  palustris L.
 
20
   Varietas  californica Gray
syn. Parnassia californica
21
   Varietas  montanensis (Fern. & Rydb. ex Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.
common name: mountain grass of Parnassus
22
   Subspecies  neogaea (Fern.) Hult�n
syn. Parnassia palustris var. tenuis
23
   Varietas  neogaea Fern.
syn. Parnassia palustris var. tenuis
24
   Varietas  palustris
common name: Alaska grass of Parnassus
25
   Varietas  parviflora (DC.) Boivin
common name: smallflower grass of Parnassus
26
   Varietas  tenuis Wahlenb.
common name: marsh grass of Parnassus
27
   Species  parviflora DC.
syn. Parnassia palustris var. parviflora

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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