Pediomelum
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Pediomelum

buckroot
indian breadroot
skunktop
turniproot
whiterim scurfpea

Hierarchical position of the Genus Pediomelum

   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  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   Ordo  Fabales Bromhead
pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838.
common name: legumes
  
   Familia  Fabaceae Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836.
common name: Leguminosae
  
   Familia  Leguminosae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 345. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
  
   Genus  Pediomelum Rydb.
common name: Indian breadroot

Named members of the Genus Pediomelum

1
   Species  argophyllum (Pursh) J. Grimes
common name: silverleaf Indian breadroot
2
   Species  aromaticum (Payson) W.A. Weber
 
3
   Varietas  barnebyi Welsh
syn. Pediomelum aromaticum
4
   Varietas  tuhyi Welsh
syn. Pediomelum aromaticum
5
   Species  brachypus Rydb.
syn. Pediomelum rhombifolium
6
   Species  californicum (S. Wats.) Rydb.
common name: California Indian breadroot
7
   Species  canescens (Michx.) Rydb.
common name: buckroot
8
   Species  castoreum (S. Wats.) Rydb.
common name: beaver Indian breadroot
9
   Species  coryi Tharp & Barkl.
syn. Pediomelum rhombifolium
10
   Species  cuspidatum (Pursh) Rydb.
common name: largebract Indian breadroot
11
   Species  cyphocalyx (Gray) Rydb.
common name: turniproot
12
   Species  digitatum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Isely
 
13
   Varietas  parvifolium (Shinners) Gandhi & L.E. Brown
syn. Pediomelum digitatum
14
   Species  epipsilum (Barneby) Welsh
syn. Pediomelum megalanthum var. epipsilum
15
   Species  esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
common name: large Indian breadroot
16
   Species  goughiae Tharp & Barkl.
syn. Pediomelum hypogaeum var. scaposum
17
   Species  humile Rydb.
common name: Rydberg's Indian breadroot
18
   Species  hypogaeum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Rydb.
 
19
   Varietas  hypogaeum
common name: subterranean Indian breadroot
20
   Varietas  scaposum (Gray) Mahler
common name: subterranean Indian breadroot
21
   Varietas  subulatum (Bush) J. Grimes
common name: subterranean Indian breadroot
22
   Species  latestipulatum (Shinners) Mahler
 
23
   Varietas  appressum (D.J. Ockendon) Gandhi & L.E. Brown
common name: Texas Plains Indian breadroot
24
   Varietas  latestipulatum
common name: Texas Plains Indian breadroot
25
   Species  linearifolium (Torr. & Gray) J. Grimes
common name: narrowleaf Indian breadroot
26
   Species  megalanthum (Woot. & Standl.) Rydb.
 
27
   Varietas  epipsilum (Barneby) J. Grimes
common name: Intermountain Indian breadroot
28
   Varietas  megalanthum
common name: Intermountain Indian breadroot
29
   Varietas  retrorsum (Rydb.) J. Grimes
common name: Intermountain Indian breadroot
30
   Species  mephiticum (S. Wats.) Rydb.
common name: skunktop
31
   Species  pariense (Welsh & Atwood) J. Grimes
common name: Paria River Indian breadroot
32
   Species  pentaphyllum (L.) J. Grimes
 
33
   Varietas  scaposum (Gray) J. Grimes
syn. Pediomelum hypogaeum var. scaposum
34
   Species  reverchonii (S. Wats.) Rydb.
common name: rock Indian breadroot
35
   Species  rhombifolium (Torr. & Gray) Rydb.
common name: Gulf Indian breadroot
36
   Species  subacaule (Torr. & Gray) Rydb.
common name: whiterim scurfpea
37
   Species  subulatum (Bush) Rydb.
syn. Pediomelum hypogaeum var. subulatum
38
   Species  trinervatum Rydb.
syn. Pediomelum pentaphyllum

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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