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 | Goodmania luteola |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Polygonaceae |
| Family common name(s) | buckwheat; smartweed; knotweed |
| Genus common name(s) | goodmania; yellow spinecape |
| Species common name(s) | golden goodmania; yellow goodmania; yellow oxytheca; yellow spinecape; yellow spiny-cape; yellow spiny cape |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | spinecape, spinycape, spiny-cape, spiny cape are applied to multiple Polygonaceae taxa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Oxytheca luteola Parry |
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