Pyxidanthera
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Pyxidanthera

littleleaf pixiemoss

Hierarchical position of the Genus Pyxidanthera

   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  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Ericanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 221. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Diapensiales Engl. & Gilg
pub. Engler's Syllabus, ed. 9-10: 314. Nov-Dec 1924.
  
   Familia  Diapensiaceae (Link) Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 233. Jul 1836, nom. cons.
  
   Genus  Pyxidanthera Michx.
common name: pyxidanthera

Named members of the Genus Pyxidanthera

1
   Species  barbulata Michx.
 
2
   Varietas  brevifolia (Wells) Ahles
syn. Pyxidanthera brevifolia
3
   Species  brevifolia Wells
common name: littleleaf pixiemoss
4
   Species  spathulata Muhl.
syn. Lepuropetalon spathulatum

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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