Common Names
Common Names in English:
White Meadowfoam
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Geraniales
()
- Family:
Geometroidea
()
- Genus:
Limnanthes
()
- R. Brown, 1833, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
alba
- Hartw. ex Benth.
- Subspecies:
alba
- Botanical name: - Limnanthes alba alba Hartw. ex Benth.
- Subspecies:
alba
- Specific epithet:
alba
- Hartw. ex Benth.
- Genus:
Limnanthes
(
- Family:
Geometroidea
(
- Order:
Geraniales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Limnanthes alba Hartw. Ex Benth.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: March 15, 2000.
Name verified on 15-Sep-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 06-Jan-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Limnanthes
There are approximately 49 species in this genus:
L. alba (White Meadow-Foam) · L. alba alba (White Meadowfoam) · L. alba subsp. versicolor (White Meadowfoam) · L. alba var. detonsa (White Meadowfoam) · L. alba versicolor (White Meadowfoam) · L. bakeri (Baker's Meadowfoam) · L. bellingeriana bellingeriana · L. douglasii (Douglas's Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii nivea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii nivea var. nivea · L. douglasii rosea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii rosea var. rosea · L. douglasii subsp. nivea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii subsp. rosea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii subsp. sulphurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii sulphurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii sulphurea var. sulphurea (Poached Egg Plant) · L. douglasii sulpurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglassi · L. douglassii · L. floccosa (Woolly Meadow-Foam) · L. floccosa bellingerana (Butte County Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa bellingeriana (Bellinger's Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa californica (Butte County Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa floccosa (Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa grandiflora (Large-Flowered Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa pumila (Dwarf Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa subsp. bellingeriana (Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa subsp. californica (Butte County Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa subsp. grandiflora (Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa subsp. pumila (Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. gracilis (Slender Meadow-Foam) · L. gracilis gracilis (Slender Meadowfoam) · L. gracilis parishii (Parish's Slender Meadowfoam) · L. gracilis subsp. parishii (Parish's Slender Meadowfoam) · L. howelliana douglasii · L. macounii (Macoun's Meadow-Foam) · L. montana (Mountain Meadow-Foam) · L. nymphoides · L. peltata · L. pumila · L. rosea · L. rosea var. candida · L. striata (Foot-Hill Meadow-Foam) · L. stricta · L. sulphurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. versicolor · L. versicolor parishii · L. vinculans (Sebastopol Meadowfoam)
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Further Reading
- Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. (F CalifMunz)
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.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 04, 2008)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2652517
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-196060
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13900101
- GRIN Nomen Number: 300309
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDLIM02012
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 168666
