Physostegia
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Physostegia

false dragonhead
obedient plant

Hierarchical position of the Genus Physostegia

   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  Lamianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Lamiales Bromhead
pub. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 2: 210. Apr 1838.
  
   Subordo  Lamiineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 464. 15 Nov 1895.
  
   Familia  Lamiaceae Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 275. Jul 1836.
common name: Labiatae
  
   Familia  Labiatae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 110. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
  
   Genus  Physostegia Benth.
common name: lionsheart
  

Named members of the Genus Physostegia

1
   Species  aboriginorum Fern.
syn. Physostegia leptophylla
2
   Species  angustifolia Fern.
common name: narrowleaf false dragonhead
3
   Species  correllii (Lundell) Shinners
common name: Correll's false dragonhead
4
   Species  denticulata (Ait.) Britt.
syn. Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana
5
   Species  digitalis Small
common name: finger false dragonhead
6
   Species  edwardsiana Shinners
syn. Physostegia angustifolia
7
   Species  formosior Lunell
syn. Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana
8
   Species  godfreyi Cantino
common name: Godfrey's false dragonhead
9
   Species  intermedia (Nutt.) Engelm. & Gray
common name: slender false dragonhead
10
   Species  ledinghamii (Boivin) Cantino
common name: Ledingham's false dragonhead
11
   Species  leptophylla Small
common name: slenderleaf false dragonhead
12
   Species  longisepala Cantino
common name: longsepal false dragonhead
13
   Species  micrantha Lundell
syn. Physostegia intermedia
14
   Species  nuttallii (Britt.) Fassett
syn. Physostegia parviflora
15
   Species  obovata (Ell.) Godfrey ex Weatherby
syn. Physostegia purpurea
16
   Species  parviflora Nutt. ex Gray
common name: western false dragonhead
17
   Species  praemorsa Shinners
syn. Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa
18
   Species  pulchella Lundell
common name: showy false dragonhead
19
   Species  purpurea (Walt.) Blake
common name: eastern false dragonhead
20
   Species  serotina Shinners
syn. Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa
21
   Species  speciosa (Sweet) Sweet
syn. Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana
22
   Species  veroniciformis Small
syn. Physostegia leptophylla
23
   Species  virginiana (L.) Benth.
common name: false dragonhead, obedient plant
  
 
24
   Varietas  arenaria Shimek
syn. Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa
25
   Varietas  elongata Boivin
syn. Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana
26
   Varietas  formosior (Lunell) Boivin
syn. Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana
27
   Varietas  granulosa (Fassett) Fern.
syn. Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana
28
   Varietas  ledinghamii Boivin
syn. Physostegia ledinghamii
29
   Varietas  parviflora (Nutt. ex Gray) Boivin
syn. Physostegia parviflora
30
   Subspecies  praemorsa (Shinners) Cantino
common name: obedient plant
31
   Varietas  reducta Boivin
syn. Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa
32
   Varietas  speciosa (Sweet) Gray
syn. Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana
33
   Subspecies  virginiana
common name: obedient plant

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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