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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Stylosanthes

Hierarchical position of the Genus Stylosanthes

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  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Fabaceae Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836. common name: Leguminosae       Subtribus  Stylosanthinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 449. 19 Oct 1865.    Genus  Stylosanthes Sw. pub. (1788) common name: pencilflower

Named members of the Genus Stylosanthes

1	Species  biflora (L.) B.S.P.
	2    Varietas  hispidissima (Michx.) Pollard & Ball syn. Stylosanthes biflora
3	Species  calcicola Small common name: Everglade Key pencilflower
4	Species  erecta Beauv. common name: Nigerian stylo
5	Species  floridana Blake syn. Stylosanthes biflora
6	Species  fruticosa (Retz.) Alston common name: shrubby pencilflower
7	Species  gracilis Kunth syn. Stylosanthes erecta
8	Species  guianensis (Aubl.) Sw. syn. Stylosanthes erecta
9	Species  guineensis Schumacher syn. Stylosanthes erecta
10	Species  hamata (L.) Taubert common name: cheesytoes
11	Species  humilis Kunth common name: Townsville stylo
12	Species  mucronata Willd. syn. Stylosanthes fruticosa
13	Species  riparia Kearney
	14    Varietas  setifera Fern. syn. Stylosanthes biflora
15	Species  scabra Vog. common name: pencilflower
16	Species  subsericea Blake common name: pencilflower
17	Species  viscosa (L.) Sw. common name: poorman's friend

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.