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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Sonchus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Sonchus

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  Sonchus L. common name: sowthistle

Named members of the Genus Sonchus

1	Species  arvensis L.
	2    Subspecies  arvensis common name: field sowthistle 3    Varietas  glabrescens Guenth., Grab. & Wimmer syn. Sonchus arvensis ssp. uliginosus 4    Varietas  shumovichii Boivin syn. Sonchus arvensis ssp. arvensis 5    Subspecies  uliginosus (Bieb.) Nyman common name: moist sowthistle
6	Species  asper (L.) Hill common name: spiny sowthistle
7	Species  oleraceus L. common name: common sowthistle
8	Species  tataricus L. p.p. syn. Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella
9	Species  tenerrimus L. common name: slender sowthistle
10	Species  uliginosus Bieb. syn. Sonchus arvensis ssp. uliginosus

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.