Common Names
Common Names in English:
Needleleaf Bluet
Biology
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
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- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
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- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Rubiales
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- Family:
Pyraloidea
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)
- Genus:
Houstonia
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)
- Specific epithet:
acerosa
- (A.Gray) Terrell
- Variety:
polypremoides
- Botanical name: - Houstonia acerosa var. polypremoides (A.Gray) Terrell
- Variety:
polypremoides
- Specific epithet:
acerosa
- (A.Gray) Terrell
- Genus:
Houstonia
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- Family:
Pyraloidea
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- Order:
Rubiales
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- Class:
Magnoliopsida
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- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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Unambiguous Synonyms
- Hedyotis acerosa var. bigelovii (Greenm.) W.H.Lewis
- Hedyotis acerosa var. polypremoides (A.Gray) W.H.Lewis
- Hedyotis polypremoides (A.Gray) Shinners
- Houstonia acerosa subsp. polypremoides (A.Gray) Terrell
- Houstonia polypremoides A.Gray
- Houstonia polypremoides var. bigelovii Greenm.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Houstonia
There are approximately 83 species in this genus:
H. pusilla · H. acerosa (Needleleaf Bluet) · H. acerosa acerosa (Needle-Leaf Bluet) · H. acerosa polypremoides (Needleleaf Bluet) · H. acerosa var. acerosa · H. acerosa var. polypremoides (Needleleaf Bluet) · H. acerosa var. tamaulipana · H. angustifolia var. filifolia · H. asperula · H. asperula var. brandegeana · H. asperuloides var. bradegeana · H. asperuloides var. brandegeana · H. asperuloidis · H. biloba · H. brandegeana · H. caerulea (Azure Bluet) · H. caerulea 'Clone One' (Quaker Ladies) · H. caerulea f. albiflora · H. canadensis (Canadian Summer Bluet) · H. chlorantha · H. coerulea · H. coerulea var. elatior · H. coerulea var. toxonorum · H. correllii (Correll's Bluet) · H. crocea · H. croftiae (Croft's Bluet) · H. fasciculata (Cluster Bluet) · H. filifolia · H. galeottii · H. geniculata · H. gracilis · H. gracillima · H. greenei (Greene's Bluet) · H. humifusa (Mat Bluet) · H. humisfusa · H. kingii · H. lanceolata f. albiflora · H. lanceolata var. calycosa · H. latifolia · H. longifolia (Long-Leaf Summer Bluet) · H. longifolia var. longifolia · H. longifolia var. tenuifolia · H. macvaughii · H. michauxii · H. michauxii 'Fred Mullard' · H. micrantha (Southern Bluet) · H. montana var. montana · H. ouachitana (Ouachita Bluet) · H. palmeri · H. palmeri var. muzquizana · H. palmeri var. palmeri · H. parviflora (Greenman's Bluet) · H. polypremnoides · H. procumbens (Fairy Footprints) · H. prostrata (New Mexico Starviolet) · H. pulvinata var. pulvinata · H. purpurea (Large-Flowered Bluets) · H. purpurea f. pubescens · H. purpurea var. calycosa · H. purpurea var. calycosa Gray · H. purpurea var. montana · H. purpurea var. montana (Small) Terrell (Mountain Bluet) · H. purpurea var. purpurea · H. purpurea var. purpurea L. · H. pusilla (Least Bluets) · H. pusilla f. albiflora · H. pusilla f. rosea · H. pygnaea · H. reticulata · H. rosea (Rose Bluet) · H. rubra (Red Bluet) · H. salenia · H. serpyllifolia (Michaux Bluet) · H. serpyllifolia f. alba · H. sharpii · H. spellenbergii · H. stenophylla · H. stenophylla var. parviflora · H. subviscosa (Nodding Bluet) · H. tenuifolia f. leucantha · H. teretifolia · H. terrellii · H. wrightii (Pygmy Bluet)
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14300449
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20005172-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 20005172
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1014850
