Sophora
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Sophora

Japanese pagoda tree
mescal bean
necklacepod
scholar tree
silky sophora

Hierarchical position of the Genus Sophora

   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  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   Ordo  Fabales Bromhead
pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838.
common name: legumes
  
   Familia  Fabaceae Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836.
common name: Leguminosae
  
   Subfamilia  Sophoroideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 643. Jun 1835.
  
   Tribus  Sophoreae Spreng. ex DC.
pub. Prodr. 2: 94. mid Nov 1825.
  
   Subtribus  Sophorinae Spreng. ex Wight & Arn.
pub. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient.: 179. 10 Oct 1834.
  
   Genus  Sophora L.
pub. (1753)
common name: necklacepod
  

Named members of the Genus Sophora

1
   Species  affinis Torr. & Gray
common name: Eve's necklacepod
2
   Species  arizonica S. Wats.
 
3
   Subspecies  formosa (Kearney & Peebles) Yakovlev
syn. Sophora arizonica
4
   Varietas  formosa (Kearney & Peebles) Tsoong
syn. Sophora arizonica
5
   Species  chrysophylla (Salisb.) Seem.
 
6
   Subspecies  circularis Chock
syn. Sophora chrysophylla
7
   Varietas  elliptica Chock
syn. Sophora chrysophylla
8
   Subspecies  glabrata (Gray) Chock
syn. Sophora chrysophylla
9
   Varietas  glabrata (Gray) Chock
syn. Sophora chrysophylla
10
   Varietas  grisea (O. Deg. & Sherff) Chock
syn. Sophora chrysophylla
11
   Varietas  kanaioensis Chock
syn. Sophora chrysophylla
12
   Varietas  kauensis Chock
syn. Sophora chrysophylla
13
   Varietas  lanaiensis Chock
syn. Sophora chrysophylla
14
   Varietas  makuaensis Chock
syn. Sophora chrysophylla
15
   Varietas  ovata Chock
syn. Sophora chrysophylla
16
   Subspecies  unifoliata (Rock) Chock
syn. Sophora chrysophylla
17
   Varietas  unifoliata (Rock) Chock
syn. Sophora chrysophylla
18
   Species  formosa Kearney & Peebles
syn. Sophora arizonica
19
   Species  gypsophila B.L. Turner & Powell
 
20
   Varietas  guadalupensis B.L. Turner & Powell
common name: Guadalupe Mountain necklacepod
21
   Species  japonica L.
common name: Japanese pagoda tree, scholar tree, Chinese scholar tree
  
22
   Species  kentukea Dum.-Cours.
syn. Cladrastis kentukea
23
   Species  leachiana M.E. Peck
common name: western necklacepod
24
   Species  littoralis Schrad.
syn. Sophora tomentosa var. littoralis
25
   Species  nuttalliana B.L. Turner
common name: silky sophora
26
   Species  secundiflora (Ortega) Lag. ex DC.
common name: mescal bean
  
27
   Species  sericea Nutt.
syn. Sophora nuttalliana
28
   Species  stenophylla Gray
common name: fringeleaf necklacepod
29
   Species  tomentosa L.
 
30
   Subspecies  bahamensis Yakovlev
syn. Sophora tomentosa var. truncata
31
   Subspecies  littoralis (Schrad.) Yakovlev
syn. Sophora tomentosa var. littoralis
32
   Varietas  littoralis (Schrad.) Benth.
common name: yellow necklacepod
33
   Subspecies  occidentalis (L.) Brummitt
syn. Sophora tomentosa var. occidentalis
34
   Varietas  occidentalis (L.) Isely
common name: yellow necklacepod
35
   Varietas  truncata Torr. & Gray
common name: yellow necklacepod

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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