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).
| Taxon | Marah fabacea |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Cucurbitaceae |
| Family common name(s) | cucurbit; cucumber; gourd; gourds; squash |
| Genus common name(s) | marah; chilicothe |
| Species common name(s) | California man-root; California man root; California manroot; California big-root; California bigroot; California chilicothe; common man-root; common man root; common manroot; valley man-root; valley man root; valley manroot; valley wild cucumber; alley chillicothe; people root; old-man-of-the-woods |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | coast wild cucumber is applied to multiple Marah taxa; man-root, man root, manroot, man-in-the-ground, man in the ground, old-man-in-the-ground, old man in the ground, bigroot, big-root, big root, wild cucumber, wild-cucumber are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian squash |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. agrestis (Greene) Stocking; var. fabaceus; Echinocystis fabacea Naudin |
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