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 | Boechera pinetorum |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Brassicaceae |
| Family common name(s) | crucifer; cruciferae; cruciform; mustard; mustards; cabbage; cress; cresses; brassica |
| Genus common name(s) | boechera |
| Species common name(s) | pine rock-cress; pine rock cress; pine rockcress; pinewoods rock-cress; pinewoods rock cress; pinewoods rockcress; woodland rockcress; pinewoods Holboell's rock cress; pinewoods Holboell's rock-cress; Holboell's arched rock-cress; pinewoods Holboell rockcress; pinewoods Holboell rock-cress; pinewoods Holboell rockcress; Holboell arched rock-cress |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | wall-cress, wallcress, wall cress are applied to multiple Brassicaceae taxa; rock-cress, rockcress, rock cress are applied to Arabis s.l. |
| | | Notes | Holboell is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Holboells, Holboells', Holboel, Holboels, Holboel's are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Arabis pinetorum Tidestr.; Arabis holboellii Hornem. var. pinetorum (Tidestrom) Rollins; Boechera holboellii (Hornem.) Á. L√∂ve & D. L√∂ve var. pinetorum (Tidestr.) Dorn |
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