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Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants

compiled by Elizabeth Painter

up to date as of May 1, 2016

Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).





TaxonProsartes hookeri
groupMonocots
FamilyLiliaceae
Family common name(s)lily; lilywort; lilyworts
Genus common name(s)prosartes
Species common name(s)Hooker's fairy-bells; Hooker's fairy bells; Hooker's fairybells; Hooker's fairy-bell; Hooker's fairy bell; Hooker's fairybell; Hooker's mandarin; Hooker's drops-of-gold; Hooker's drops of gold; Hooker's disporum; Hooker fairy-bells; Hooker fairy bells; Hooker fairybells; Hooker fairy-bell; Hooker fairy bell; Hooker fairybell; Hooker mandarin; Hooker drops-of-gold; Hooker drops of gold; Hooker disporum; western mandarin
 
Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in bracketshairy fairy bells [var. hookeri]; smooth fairy bells [var. trachyandra]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxadrops-of-gold, drops of gold, green fairy bells, green fairy bells are applied to multiple Disporum/Prosartes taxa; fairy bells, fairybells, fairy-bells, fairy bell, fairybell, fairy-bell are applied to taxa in multiple families
 
NotesHooker is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Hookers is an error
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcColchicaceae; Disporum hookeri (Torr.) Nicholson, including var. trachyandrum (Torr.) Q. Jones; Disporum trachyandrum (Torr.) Britton
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