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[ Piperanthera ] [ Piperia ] [ Pippenalia ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Piperia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Piperia

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  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn. pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.       SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Orchidales Raf. pub. Anal. Nat.: 197. Apr-Jul 1815.       Subordo  Orchidineae Rchb. pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: xxxviii. Jul 1841.       Familia  Orchidaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 64. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Orchids       Genus  Piperia Rydb. syn. Platanthera Rich. common name: rein orchid

Named members of the Genus Piperia

1	Species  candida R. Morgan & Ackerman common name: whiteflower rein orchid
2	Species  colemanii R. Morgan & Glicenstein common name: Coleman's piperia
3	Species  cooperi (S. Wats.) Rydb. common name: Cooper's rein orchid
4	Species  elegans (Lindl.) Rydb.
	5    Subspecies  decurtata R. Morgan & Glicenstein common name: elegant piperia 6    Varietas  elata (Jepson) Luer syn. Piperia elongata 7    Subspecies  elegans common name: elegant piperia
8	Species  elongata Rydb.
	9    Subspecies  michaelii (Greene) Ackerman syn. Piperia michaelii
10	Species  lancifolia Rydb. syn. Piperia elongata
11	Species  leptopetala Rydb. syn. Piperia elongata
12	Species  longispica Dur. syn. Piperia elongata
13	Species  maritima (Greene) Rydb. syn. Piperia elegans ssp. elegans
14	Species  michaelii (Greene) Rydb. common name: Michael's piperia
15	Species  multiflora Rydb. syn. Piperia elegans ssp. elegans
16	Species  transversa Suksdorf common name: royal rein orchid
17	Species  unalascensis (Spreng.) Rydb. common name: slender-spire orchid
18	Species  yadonii R. Morgan & Ackerman common name: Yadon's piperia

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.