Myosotis
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Myosotis

forget-me-not

Hierarchical position of the Genus Myosotis

   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  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   SuperOrdo  Solananae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Solanales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20. 1829.
common name: Polemoniales
  
   Subordo  Boraginineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 192. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Boraginaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 128. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Borages
  
   Tribus  Myosotideae Rchb.f. in Rchb.
pub. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 18: 70. 1858.
  
   Subtribus  Myosotidinae Kitt.
pub. Taschenb. Fl. Deutschl., 2, 1: 420. Nov 1843.
  
   Genus  Myosotis L.
pub. (1753)
common name: forget-me-not
  

Named members of the Genus Myosotis

1
   Species  alpestris F.W. Schmidt
 
2
   Subspecies  asiatica Vesterg.
syn. Myosotis asiatica
3
   Species  arvensis (L.) Hill
common name: field forget-me-not
4
   Species  asiatica (Vesterg.) Schischkin & Sergievskaja
common name: Asian forget-me-not
5
   Species  azorica H.C. Wats. ex Hook.
common name: Azores forget-me-not
6
   Species  discolor Pers.
common name: changing forget-me-not
7
   Species  latifolia Poir.
common name: broadleaf forget-me-not
8
   Species  laxa Lehm.
common name: bay forget-me-not
9
   Species  macrophylla Bieb.
syn. Brunnera macrophylla
10
   Species  macrosperma Engelm.
common name: largeseed forget-me-not
11
   Species  micrantha auct. non Pallas ex Lehm.
syn. Myosotis stricta
12
   Species  palustris (L.) Hill
syn. Myosotis scorpioides
13
   Species  scorpioides L.
 
14
   Varietas  arvensis L.
syn. Myosotis arvensis
15
   Species  stricta Link ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
common name: strict forget-me-not
16
   Species  sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffmann
common name: garden forget-me-not, woodland forget-me-not
  
 
17
   Varietas  alpestris auct. non (F.W. Schmidt) Koch
syn. Myosotis asiatica
18
   Species  verna Nutt.
 
19
   Varietas  macrosperma (Engelm.) Chapman
syn. Myosotis macrosperma
20
   Species  versicolor (Pers.) Sm.
syn. Myosotis discolor
21
   Species  virginiana L.
syn. Hackelia virginiana
22
   Species  virginica (L.) B.S.P.
 
23
   Varietas  macrosperma (Engelm.) Fern.
syn. Myosotis macrosperma

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

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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