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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Elatine

Hierarchical position of the Genus Elatine

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  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Theanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Elatinales Nakai pub. J. Jap. Bot. 24: 13. Dec 1949.    Familia  Elatinaceae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 44, 49. 1829. common name: Waterworts    Subfamilia  Elatinoideae Eaton pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 43. Apr-Mai 1836.    Tribus  Elatineae Bartl. pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 317. Sep 1830.    Genus  Elatine L. pub. (1753) common name: waterwort

Named members of the Genus Elatine

1	Species  ambigua Wight common name: Asian waterwort
2	Species  americana (Pursh) Arn. common name: American waterwort
3	Species  brachysperma Gray common name: shortseed waterwort
4	Species  californica Gray
	5    Varietas  williamsii (Rydb.) Fassett syn. Elatine californica
6	Species  chilensis Gray common name: Chilean waterwort
7	Species  gracilis Mason syn. Elatine chilensis
8	Species  heterandra Mason common name: mosquito waterwort
9	Species  minima (Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey. common name: small waterwort
10	Species  obovata (Fassett) Mason syn. Elatine brachysperma
11	Species  rubella Rydb. common name: southwestern waterwort
12	Species  texana Hook. syn. Bergia texana
13	Species  triandra Schkuhr
	14    Varietas  americana (Pursh) Fassett syn. Elatine americana 15    Varietas  brachysperma (Gray) Fassett syn. Elatine brachysperma

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.