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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Polemonium

Hierarchical position of the Genus Polemonium

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  Solananae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Solanales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20. 1829. common name: Polemoniales       Subordo  Polemoniineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 463. 15 Nov 1895.       Familia  Polemoniaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 136. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Phlox       Subfamilia  Polemonioideae (Juss.) Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 121. 9 Mar 1832.       Tribus  Polemonieae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 25. 1829.       Genus  Polemonium L. pub. (1753) common name: Jacob's ladder

Named members of the Genus Polemonium

1	Species  acutiflorum Willd. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes common name: tall Jacob's-ladder
2	Species  berryi Eastw. syn. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum
3	Species  boreale M.F. Adams
	4    Subspecies  boreale common name: northern Jacob's-ladder 5    Subspecies  macranthum (Cham.) Hult�n common name: northern Jacob's-ladder 6    Subspecies  richardsonii (Graham) J.P. Anders. syn. Polemonium boreale ssp. boreale 7    Varietas  villosissimum Hult�n syn. Polemonium boreale ssp. boreale
8	Species  brandegeei (Gray) Greene
	9    Subspecies  mellitum (Gray) Wherry syn. Polemonium brandegeei
10	Species  caeruleum L. common name: Jacob's ladder
	11    Subspecies  amygdalium (Wherry) Munz syn. Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale 12    Subspecies  occidentale (Greene) J.F. Davids. syn. Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale 13    Varietas  pterospermum Benth. syn. Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale 14    Subspecies  vanbruntiae (Britt.) J.F. Davids. syn. Polemonium vanbruntiae 15    Subspecies  villosum (J.H. Rudolph ex Georgi) Brand syn. Polemonium acutiflorum
16	Species  californicum Eastw. common name: moving polemonium
17	Species  carneum Gray common name: Jacob's-ladder, royal polemonium
	18    Subspecies  luteum (Gray) Brand syn. Polemonium carneum
19	Species  chartaceum Mason common name: Mason's Jacob's-ladder
20	Species  columbianum Rydb. syn. Polemonium californicum
21	Species  confertum Gray common name: Rocky Mountain Jacob's-ladder, skunkweed
22	Species  cuspidatum Sieb. & Zucc. common name: stiffpoint Jacob's-ladder
23	Species  delicatum Rydb.
	24    Subspecies  scopulinum (Greene) Wherry syn. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. delicatum 25    Subspecies  typicum Wherry syn. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. delicatum
26	Species  elegans Greene common name: elegant Jacob's-ladder
27	Species  eximium Greene common name: skypilot
28	Species  fasciculatum Eastw. syn. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. lindleyi
29	Species  filicinum Greene syn. Polemonium foliosissimum var. flavum
30	Species  flavum Greene syn. Polemonium foliosissimum var. flavum
31	Species  foliosissimum Gray common name: leafy polemonium
	32    Subspecies  albiflorum (Eastw.) Brand syn. Polemonium foliosissimum var. alpinum 33    Varietas  alpinum Brand common name: alpine Jacob's-ladder 34    Subspecies  decurrens (Brand) Wherry syn. Polemonium foliosissimum var. alpinum 35    Varietas  flavum (Greene) Anway common name: yellow Jacob's-ladder 36    Varietas  foliosissimum common name: towering Jacob's-ladder 37    Varietas  molle (Greene) Anway common name: towering Jacob's-ladder 38    Subspecies  robustum (Rydb.) Brand syn. Polemonium foliosissimum var. foliosissimum 39    Subspecies  verum Wherry syn. Polemonium foliosissimum var. foliosissimum
40	Species  grayanum Rydb. syn. Polemonium confertum
41	Species  haydenii A. Nels. syn. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum
42	Species  helleri Brand syn. Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale
43	Species  hinckleyi Standl. syn. Polemonium pauciflorum ssp. hinckleyi
44	Species  humile Lindl. syn. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. lindleyi
45	Species  intermedium (Brand) Rydb. syn. Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale
46	Species  lindleyi Wherry syn. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. lindleyi
47	Species  longii Fern. common name: Long's Jacob's-ladder
48	Species  macranthum (Cham.) Klok. syn. Polemonium boreale ssp. macranthum
49	Species  micranthum Benth. common name: annual polemonium
50	Species  nevadense Wherry common name: Nevada Jacob's-ladder
51	Species  occidentale Greene common name: Jacob's-ladder, western polemonium
	52    Subspecies  amygdalium Wherry syn. Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale 53    Subspecies  lacustre Wherry common name: western polemonium 54    Varietas  lacustre (Wherry) Lakela syn. Polemonium occidentale ssp. lacustre 55    Subspecies  occidentale common name: western polemonium 56    Subspecies  typicum Wherry syn. Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale
57	Species  pauciflorum S. Wats.
	58    Subspecies  hinckleyi (Standl.) Wherry common name: Hinckley's polemonium 59    Subspecies  pauciflorum common name: fewflower Jacob's-ladder 60    Subspecies  typicum Wherry syn. Polemonium pauciflorum ssp. pauciflorum
61	Species  pectinatum Greene common name: Washington Jacob's-ladder
62	Species  pilosum (Greenm.) G.N. Jones syn. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum
63	Species  pulcherrimum Hook.
	64    Varietas  calycinum (Eastw.) Brand syn. Polemonium californicum 65    Subspecies  delicatum (Rydb.) Brand common name: Jacob's-ladder 66    Varietas  delicatum (Rydb.) Cronq. syn. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. delicatum 67    Subspecies  lindleyi (Wherry) V. Grant common name: Jacob's-ladder 68    Varietas  lindleyi (Wherry) J.P. Anders. syn. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. lindleyi 69    Varietas  pilosum (Greenm.) J.F. Davids. syn. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum 70    Subspecies  pulcherrimum common name: Jacob's-ladder 71    Subspecies  tricolor (Eastw.) Brand syn. Polemonium californicum
72	Species  reptans L. common name: creeping polemonium
	73    Varietas  reptans common name: Greek valerian 74    Varietas  villosum E.L. Braun common name: Greek valerian
75	Species  shastense Baker ex Eastw. syn. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum
76	Species  vanbruntiae Britt. common name: Vanbrunt's polemonium
77	Species  viscosum Nutt. common name: Jacob's-ladder, sky pilot
	78    Subspecies  genuinum Wherry syn. Polemonium viscosum 79    Subspecies  lemmonii (Brand) Wherry syn. Polemonium viscosum 80    Subspecies  mellitum (Gray) J.F. Davids. syn. Polemonium brandegeei

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.