Asarum
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Asarum

snakeroot
wildginger

Hierarchical position of the Genus Asarum

   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  Piperopsida Bartl.
pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 78, 83. Sep 1830.
  
   Subclassis  Piperidae Reveal
pub. Phytologia 76: 3. 1994.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lactoridanae Tahkt. ex Reveal & Doweld
pub. 1999
  
   Ordo  Aristolochiales   
   Familia  Aristolochiaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 72. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Birthworts
  
   Subfamilia  Asaroideae Link
pub. Handbuch 1: 367. Jan-Aug 1829.
  
   Tribus  Asareae Rchb.
pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1(2): 183. Jan-Apr 1831.
  
   Genus  Asarum L.
pub. (1753)
common name: wildginger
  

Named members of the Genus Asarum

1
   Species  acuminatum (Ashe) Bickn.
syn. Asarum canadense
2
   Species  arifolium Michx.
common name: wildginger
  
 
3
   Varietas  callifolia (Small) Barringer
syn. Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia
4
   Varietas  ruthii (Ashe) Barringer
syn. Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii
5
   Species  callifolium Small
syn. Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia
6
   Species  canadense L.
common name: snakeroot, Canadian wildginger
  
 
7
   Varietas  acuminatum Ashe
syn. Asarum canadense
8
   Varietas  ambiguum (Bickn.) Farw.
syn. Asarum canadense
9
   Varietas  reflexum (Bickn.) B.L. Robins.
syn. Asarum canadense
10
   Species  caudatum Lindl.
common name: British Columbia wildginger
  
 
11
   Varietas  caudatum
common name: British Columbia wildginger
12
   Varietas  viridiflorum M.E. Peck
common name: longtail wildginger
13
   Species  contractum (Blomquist) Barringer
syn. Hexastylis contracta
14
   Species  hartwegii S. Wats.
common name: Hartweg's wildginger
15
   Species  heterophyllum Ashe
syn. Hexastylis heterophylla
16
   Species  lemmonii S. Wats.
common name: Lemmon's wildginger
17
   Species  lewisii Fern.
syn. Hexastylis lewisii
18
   Species  marmoratum Piper
common name: marbled wildginger
19
   Species  memmingeri Ashe
syn. Hexastylis virginica
20
   Species  minus Ashe
syn. Hexastylis minor
21
   Species  reflexum Bickn.
syn. Asarum canadense
22
   Species  rubrocinctum Peattie
syn. Asarum canadense
23
   Species  ruthii Ashe
syn. Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii
24
   Species  shuttleworthii Britten & Baker
 
25
   Varietas  harperi (Gaddy) Barringer
syn. Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi
26
   Species  speciosum (Harper) Barringer
syn. Hexastylis speciosa
27
   Species  virginicum L.
syn. Hexastylis virginica
28
   Species  wagneri Lu & Mesler
syn. Asarum caudatum var. viridiflorum

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 October 31, 2004   

 

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