Stevia
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Stevia

candyleaf

Hierarchical position of the Genus Stevia

   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
  
   Tribus  Stevieae Horan.
pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 93. 1847.
   Genus  Stevia Cav.
pub. (1797)
common name: candyleaf

Named members of the Genus Stevia

1
   Species  lemmonii (Gray) Gray
common name: Lemmon's candyleaf
2
   Species  micrantha Lag.
common name: annual candyleaf
3
   Species  ovata Willd.
 
4
   Varietas  texana Grashoff
common name: Texan candyleaf
5
   Species  plummerae Gray
 
6
   Varietas  alba Gray
common name: Plummer's candyleaf
7
   Varietas  plummerae
common name: Plummer's candyleaf
8
   Species  rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni
common name: candyleaf
9
   Species  rhombifolia Kunth
syn. Stevia ovata var. texana
10
   Species  salicifolia Cav.
 
11
   Varietas  stenophylla (Gray) B.L. Robins.
syn. Stevia salicifolia
12
   Species  serrata Cav.
 
13
   Varietas  haplopappa B.L. Robins.
syn. Stevia serrata
14
   Varietas  ivifolia (Willd.) B.L. Robins.
syn. Stevia serrata
15
   Species  stenophylla Gray
syn. Stevia salicifolia
16
   Species  viscida Kunth
common name: viscid candyleaf

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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