Polianthes
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Polianthes

tuberose

Hierarchical position of the Genus Polianthes

   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  Agavales Hutch.
pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 14, 149. 1934.
  
   Familia  Agavaceae Endl.
pub. Ench. Bot.: 105. 15-21 Aug 1841.
common name: Agaves
  
   Genus  Polianthes L.
common name: polianthes
  

Named members of the Genus Polianthes

1
   Species  lata (Shinners) Shinners
syn. Manfreda virginica
2
   Species  maculosa (Hook.) Shinners
syn. Manfreda maculosa
3
   Species  runyonii Shinners
syn. Manfreda longiflora
4
   Species  tuberosa L.
common name: tuberose
5
   Species  variegata (Jacobi) Shinners
syn. Manfreda variegata
6
   Species  virginica (L.) Shinners
syn. Manfreda virginica

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.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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