Acaena
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Acaena

California sheepburr
acaena
biddy-biddy

Hierarchical position of the Genus Acaena

   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  Rosanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Rosales Perleb
pub. 1826
  
   Subordo  Rosineae Rchb.
pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: lxvi. Jul 1841.
  
   Familia  Rosaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 334. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
common name: Roses
  
   Genus  Acaena Mutis ex L.

Named members of the Genus Acaena

1
   Species  anserinifolia auct. non (J.R. & G. Forst.) Druce
syn. Acaena novae-zelandica
2
   Species  californica Bitter
syn. Acaena pinnatifida var. californica
3
   Species  exigua Gray
 
4
   Varietas  glaberrima Bitter
syn. Acaena exigua
5
   Varietas  glabriuscula Bitter
syn. Acaena exigua
6
   Varietas  subtusstrigulosa Bitter
syn. Acaena exigua
7
   Species  Mutis ex L.
common name: acaena
8
   Species  novae-zelandica Kirk
common name: biddy-biddy
9
   Species  pallida (T. Kirk) J. W. Dawson
common name: pale biddy-biddy
10
   Species  pinnatifida Ruiz & Pav�n
 
11
   Varietas  californica (Bitter) Jepson
common name: California sheepburr
12
   Species  sanguisorbae auct. non (L. f.) Vahl
syn. Acaena novae-zelandica

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 October 31, 2004   

 

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