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 pendulocarpa |
| 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) | dropseed rock-cress; dropseed rock cress; dropseed rockcress; weeping-fruited rock-cress; weeping-fruited rockcress; weeping fruited rock cress; weeping-fruited Holboell's rock-cress; weeping-fruited Holboell's rockcress; weeping fruited Holboell's rock cress; weeping-fruited Holboell rock-cress; weeping-fruited Holboell rockcress; weeping fruited Holboell rock cress |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | pendulous rock-cress, pendulous rockcress, pendulous rock cress, deflexed rockcress are applied to multiple Arabis 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 holboellii Hornem. var. pendulocarpa (A. Nelson) Rollins; Arabis pendulocarpa A. Nelson; Boechera holboellii (Hornem.) Á. L√∂ve & D. L√∂ve var. pendulocarpa (A. Nelson) N. Snow |
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