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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Prenanthes

Hierarchical position of the Genus Prenanthes

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  Asteridae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Asteranae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 451. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Asterales Lindl. pub. 1833       Familia  Asteraceae Dumort. pub. Comment. Bot.: 55. Nov-Dec 1822. common name: Sunflowers       Familia  Compositae Giseke pub. Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 538. Apr 1792, nom. cons.       Genus  Prenanthes L. common name: rattlesnakeroot

Named members of the Genus Prenanthes

1	Species  alata (Hook.) D. Dietr.
	2    Varietas  sagittata Gray syn. Prenanthes sagittata
3	Species  alba L. common name: white rattlesnakeroot
4	Species  altissima L.
	5    Varietas  cinnamomea Fern. syn. Prenanthes altissima
6	Species  aspera Michx. common name: rough rattlesnakeroot
7	Species  autumnalis Walt. common name: slender rattlesnakeroot
8	Species  barbata (Torr. & Gray) Milstead common name: barbed rattlesnakeroot
9	Species  boottii (DC.) Gray common name: alpine rattlesnakeroot
10	Species  crepidinea Michx. common name: nodding rattlesnakeroot
11	Species  cylindrica (Small) E.L. Braun syn. Prenanthes roanensis
12	Species  integrifolia (Cass.) Small syn. Prenanthes serpentaria
13	Species  lessingii Hult�n syn. Prenanthes alata
14	Species  nana (Bigelow) Torr. common name: dwarf rattlesnakeroot
15	Species  racemosa Michx.
	16    Subspecies  multiflora Cronq. common name: purple rattlesnakeroot 17    Varietas  multiflora (Cronq.) Dorn syn. Prenanthes racemosa ssp. multiflora 18    Subspecies  racemosa common name: purple rattlesnakeroot
19	Species  roanensis (Chickering) Chickering common name: Roan Mountain rattlesnakeroot
20	Species  sagittata (Gray) A. Nels. common name: arrowleaf rattlesnakeroot
21	Species  serpentaria Pursh
	22    Varietas  barbata Torr. & Gray syn. Prenanthes barbata
23	Species  trifoliolata (Cass.) Fern.
	24    Varietas  nana (Bigelow) Fern. syn. Prenanthes nana
25	Species  virgata Michx. syn. Prenanthes autumnalis
26	Species  x mainensis Gray (pro sp.)

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.