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[ Petalonema ] [ Petalonyx ] [ Petalostelma ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Petalonyx

Hierarchical position of the Genus Petalonyx

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  Loasanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 71. 29 Apr 1996.       Ordo  Loasales Bessey pub. Nebraska Univ. Stud. 7: 351. Oct 1907.       Subordo  Loasineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 156. Mai 1898.       Familia  Loasaceae Dumort. pub. Comment. Bot.: 58. Nov-Dec 1822.       Genus  Petalonyx A.Gray common name: sandpaper plant

Named members of the Genus Petalonyx

1	Species  gilmanii Munz syn. Petalonyx thurberi ssp. gilmanii
2	Species  linearis Greene common name: narrowleaf sandpaper plant
3	Species  nitidus S. Wats. common name: shinyleaf sandpaper plant
4	Species  parryi Gray common name: Parry's sandpaper plant
5	Species  thurberi Gray
	6    Subspecies  gilmanii (Munz) Davis & H.J. Thompson common name: Death Valley sandpaper plant 7    Varietas  gilmanii (Munz) L. Benson syn. Petalonyx thurberi ssp. gilmanii 8    Subspecies  thurberi common name: Thurber's sandpaper plant

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.