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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Petasites

Hierarchical position of the Genus Petasites

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  Asteridae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Asteranae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 451. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Asterales Lindl. pub. 1833       Familia  Asteraceae Dumort. pub. Comment. Bot.: 55. Nov-Dec 1822. common name: Sunflowers       Familia  Compositae Giseke pub. Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 538. Apr 1792, nom. cons.       Genus  Petasites Mill. common name: butterbur

Named members of the Genus Petasites

1	Species  alaskanus Rydb. syn. Petasites frigidus var. frigidus
2	Species  arcticus Porsild syn. Petasites frigidus var. palmatus
3	Species  corymbosus (R. Br.) Rydb. syn. Petasites frigidus var. frigidus
4	Species  dentatus Blank. syn. Petasites sagittatus
5	Species  frigidus (L.) Fries
	6    Subspecies  arcticus (Porsild) Cody syn. Petasites frigidus var. palmatus 7    Varietas  corymbosus (R. Br.) Cronq. syn. Petasites frigidus var. frigidus 8    Varietas  frigidus common name: arctic sweet coltsfoot 9    Varietas  hyperboreoides Hult�n syn. Petasites frigidus var. frigidus 10    Subspecies  nivalis (Greene) Cody syn. Petasites frigidus var. nivalis 11    Varietas  nivalis (Greene) Cronq. common name: arctic sweet coltsfoot 12    Subspecies  palmatus (Ait.) Cody syn. Petasites frigidus var. palmatus 13    Varietas  palmatus (Ait.) Cronq. common name: arctic sweet coltsfoot
14	Species  gracilis Britt. syn. Petasites frigidus var. frigidus
15	Species  hookerianus (Nutt.) Rydb. syn. Petasites frigidus var. palmatus
16	Species  hybridus (L.) P.G. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. common name: pestilence wort, butterbur
17	Species  hyperboreus Rydb. syn. Petasites frigidus var. nivalis
18	Species  japonicus (Sieb. & Zucc.) Maxim. common name: Japanese sweet coltsfoot
19	Species  nivalis Greene
	20    Subspecies  vitifolius (Greene) Toman syn. Petasites �vitifolius
21	Species  officinalis Moench syn. Petasites hybridus common name: butter-burr
22	Species  palmatus (Ait.) Gray
	23    Varietas  frigidus Macoun syn. Petasites frigidus var. nivalis
24	Species  sagittatus (Banks ex Pursh) Gray common name: arrowleaf sweet coltsfoot
25	Species  speciosus (Nutt.) Piper syn. Petasites frigidus var. palmatus
26	Species  trigonophylla Greene syn. Petasites �vitifolius
27	Species  vulgaris Hill syn. Petasites hybridus
28	Species  warrenii St. John syn. Petasites frigidus var. nivalis
29	Species  x vitifolius Greene (pro sp.)

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

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.