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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Pisonia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Pisonia

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  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Familia  Nyctaginaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 90. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Four o'clock       Subfamilia  Pisonioideae D. Parodi pub. Contr. Fl. Paraguay 2: 12. Jan-Mar 1878.    Tribus  Pisonieae Meisn. pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 318, Comm. 230. 18-24 Jul 1841.    Genus  Pisonia L. pub. (1753) common name: catchbirdtree

Named members of the Genus Pisonia

1	Species  aculeata L.
	2    Varietas  macranthocarpa J.D. Sm. syn. Pisonia aculeata
3	Species  albida (Heimerl) Britt. ex Standl. common name: corcho bobo
4	Species  brunoniana Endl. common name: Australasian catchbirdtree
5	Species  capitata (S. Wats.) Standl. common name: Mexican devil's-claws
6	Species  discolor Spreng.
	7    Varietas  longifolia Heimerl syn. Guapira discolor
8	Species  floridana Britt. ex Small common name: Rock Key devil's-claws
9	Species  fragrans Dum.-Cours. syn. Guapira fragrans
10	Species  grandis R. Br. common name: grand devil's-claws
11	Species  helleri Standl. syn. Pisonia aculeata
12	Species  obtusata Jacq. syn. Guapira obtusata
13	Species  rotundata Griseb. common name: smooth devil's-claws
14	Species  sandwicensis Hbd. common name: aulu  (Hawaii)
15	Species  subcordata Sw. common name: water mampoo
16	Species  umbellifera (J.R. & G. Forst.) Seem. common name: umbrella catchbirdtree
17	Species  wagneriana Fosberg common name: Kauai catchbirdtree

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.