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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Rhamnus

California coffeeberry
buckthorn
lokao
red berry
redberry

Hierarchical position of the Genus Rhamnus

   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  Rhamnanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Rhamnales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 37. 1829.
  
   Familia  Rhamnaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 376. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Buckthorns
  
   Subfamilia  Rhamnoideae Eaton
pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 46. Apr-Mai 1836.
  
   Tribus  Rhamneae Horan.
pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 138. 1847.
  
   Genus  Rhamnus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: buckthorn
  

Named members of the Genus Rhamnus

1
   Species  alnifolia L'H�r.
common name: alderleaf buckthorn
2
   Species  arguta Maxim.
 
3
   Varietas  velutina Hand.-Maz.
4
   Species  betulifolia Greene
 
5
   Varietas  obovata Kearney & Peebles
syn. Frangula betulifolia ssp. obovata
6
   Species  blumeri Greene
syn. Frangula �blumeri
7
   Species  californica Eschsch.
common name: California coffeeberry
  
 
8
   Subspecies  crassifolia (Jepson) C.B. Wolf
syn. Frangula californica ssp. crassifolia
9
   Subspecies  cuspidata (Greene) C.B. Wolf
syn. Frangula californica ssp. cuspidata
10
   Subspecies  occidentalis (T.J. Howell) C.B. Wolf
syn. Frangula californica ssp. occidentalis
11
   Varietas  occidentalis (T.J. Howell) Jepson
syn. Frangula californica ssp. occidentalis
12
   Subspecies  tomentella (Benth.) C.B. Wolf
syn. Frangula californica ssp. tomentella
13
   Subspecies  ursina (Greene) C.B. Wolf
syn. Frangula californica ssp. ursina
14
   Varietas  ursina (Greene) McMinn
syn. Frangula californica ssp. ursina
15
   Species  caroliniana Walt.
 
16
   Varietas  mollis Fern.
syn. Frangula caroliniana
17
   Species  cathartica L.
common name: common buckthorn
  
18
   Species  citrifolia (Weston) Hess & Stern non Rusby
syn. Rhamnus davurica ssp. davurica
19
   Species  crocea Nutt.
common name: red berry
  
 
20
   Subspecies  crocea
common name: redberry buckthorn
21
   Subspecies  ilicifolia (Kellogg) C.B. Wolf
syn. Rhamnus ilicifolia
22
   Varietas  ilicifolia (Kellogg) Greene
syn. Rhamnus ilicifolia
23
   Subspecies  pilosa (Trel.) C.B. Wolf
common name: hollyleaf buckthorn
24
   Subspecies  pirifolia (Greene) C.B. Wolf
syn. Rhamnus pirifolia
25
   Varietas  pirifolia (Greene) Little
syn. Rhamnus pirifolia
26
   Species  davurica Pallas
 
27
   Subspecies  davurica
common name: Dahurian buckthorn
28
   Subspecies  nipponica (Makino) Kartesz & Gandhi
common name: Dahurian buckthorn
29
   Varietas  nipponica Makino
syn. Rhamnus davurica ssp. nipponica
30
   Species  fasciculata Greene
syn. Rhamnus serrata
31
   Species  ferreus Vahl
syn. Krugiodendron ferreum
32
   Species  frangula L.
common name: trollhegg  (Norwegian), alder buckthorn
  
 
33
   Varietas  angustifolia Loud.
syn. Frangula alnus
34
   Species  globosus Bunge
common name: lokao
35
   Species  ilicifolia Kellogg
common name: hollyleaf redberry
36
   Species  japonica Maxim.
common name: Japanese buckthorn
37
   Species  lanceolata Pursh
 
38
   Subspecies  glabrata (Gleason) Kartesz & Gandhi
common name: lanceleaf buckthorn
39
   Varietas  glabrata Gleason
syn. Rhamnus lanceolata ssp. glabrata
40
   Subspecies  lanceolata
common name: lanceleaf buckthorn
41
   Species  minutiflora Michx.
syn. Sageretia minutiflora
42
   Species  paliurus L.
syn. Paliurus spina-christi
43
   Species  pilosa (Trel.) Abrams
syn. Rhamnus crocea ssp. pilosa
44
   Species  pirifolia Greene
common name: island redberry
45
   Species  purshiana DC.
syn. Frangula purshiana
46
   Species  rubra Greene
 
47
   Subspecies  modocensis C.B. Wolf
syn. Frangula rubra ssp. modocensis
48
   Subspecies  nevadensis (A. Nels.) C.B. Wolf
syn. Frangula rubra ssp. nevadensis
49
   Subspecies  obtusissima (Greene) C.B. Wolf
syn. Frangula rubra ssp. obtusissima
50
   Subspecies  yosemitana C.B. Wolf
syn. Frangula rubra ssp. yosemitana
51
   Species  serrata Humb. & Bonpl. ex J.A. Schultes
common name: sawleaf buckthorn
52
   Species  smithii Greene
 
53
   Subspecies  fasciculata (Greene) C.B. Wolf
syn. Rhamnus serrata
54
   Subspecies  typica C.B. Wolf
syn. Rhamnus smithii
55
   Species  sphaerosperma Sw.
 
56
   Varietas  longipes M.C. & L.A. Johnston
syn. Frangula sphaerosperma ssp. longipes
57
   Species  tomentella Benth.
 
58
   Subspecies  crassifolia (Jepson) J.O. Sayer
syn. Frangula californica ssp. crassifolia
59
   Subspecies  cuspidata (Greene) J.O. Sayer
syn. Frangula californica ssp. cuspidata
60
   Subspecies  ursina (Greene) J.O. Sayer
syn. Frangula californica ssp. ursina
61
   Species  utilis Dcne.
common name: Chinese buckthorn

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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