Rhexia
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Rhexia

deer grass
maid Marian
meadow beauty
meadowbeauty

Hierarchical position of the Genus Rhexia

   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  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Myrtanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 295. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Myrtales Rchb.
pub. Bot. Damen: 475. 1828.
  
   Familia  Melastomataceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 328. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Melastomes
  
   Tribus  Rhexieae DC.
pub. Prodr. 3: 114. mid Mar 1828.
  
   Genus  Rhexia L.
pub. (1753)
common name: meadowbeauty
  

Named members of the Genus Rhexia

1
   Species  alifanus Walt.
common name: savannah meadowbeauty
2
   Species  aristosa Britt.
common name: awnpetal meadowbeauty
3
   Species  ciliosa Michx.
syn. Rhexia petiolata
4
   Species  cubensis Griseb.
common name: West Indian meadowbeauty
5
   Species  delicatula Small
syn. Rhexia mariana var. mariana
6
   Species  filiformis Small
syn. Rhexia mariana var. mariana
7
   Species  glabella Michx.
syn. Rhexia alifanus
8
   Species  interior Pennell
syn. Rhexia mariana var. interior
9
   Species  lanceolata Walt.
syn. Rhexia mariana var. mariana
10
   Species  longifolia Vahl
syn. Tibouchina longifolia
11
   Species  lutea Walt.
common name: yellow meadowbeauty
12
   Species  mariana L.
common name: Maryland meadow beauty
  
 
13
   Varietas  exalbida Michx.
syn. Rhexia mariana var. mariana
14
   Varietas  interior (Pennell) Kral & Bostick
common name: Maryland meadowbeauty
15
   Varietas  leiosperma Fern. & Grisc.
syn. Rhexia mariana var. mariana
16
   Varietas  mariana
common name: Maryland meadowbeauty
17
   Varietas  purpurea Michx.
syn. Rhexia nashii
18
   Varietas  ventricosa (Fern. & Grisc.) Kral & Bostick
common name: Maryland meadowbeauty
19
   Species  nashii Small
common name: maid Marian
20
   Species  nuttallii C.W. James
common name: Nuttall's meadowbeauty
21
   Species  parviflora Chapman
common name: white meadowbeauty
22
   Species  petiolata Walt.
common name: fringed meadowbeauty
23
   Species  salicifolia Kral & Bostick
common name: panhandle meadowbeauty
24
   Species  serrulata Nutt.
syn. Rhexia nuttallii
25
   Species  stricta Pursh
syn. Rhexia virginica
26
   Species  ventricosa Fern. & Grisc.
syn. Rhexia mariana var. ventricosa
27
   Species  virginica L.
common name: Virginia meadow beauty, deer grass
  
 
28
   Varietas  purshii (Spreng.) C.W. James
syn. Rhexia virginica
29
   Varietas  septemnervia (Walt.) Pursh
syn. Rhexia virginica
30
   Species  x brevibracteata D. Snyder

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

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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