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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).





TaxonYosemitea repanda
groupEudicots
FamilyBrassicaceae
Family common name(s)crucifer; cruciferae; cruciform; mustard; mustards; cabbage; cress; cresses; brassica
Genus common name(s)yosemitea
Species common name(s)Yosemite rock-cress; Yosemite rock cress; Yosemite rockcress; repand rock-cress; repand rock cress; repand rockcress; broad-leaved rock-cress
 
Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in bracketsGreene's rock-cress [Arabis repanda var. greenei]; Greene's rock cress [Arabis repanda var. greenei]; Greene's rockcress [Arabis repanda var. greenei]; Greene rock-cress [Arabis repanda var. greenei]; Greene rock cress [Arabis repanda var. greenei]; Greene rockcress [Arabis repanda var. greenei]; pigmy rock-cress [Arabis inamoena]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxawall-cress, wallcress, wall cress are applied to multiple Brassicaceae taxa; rock-cress, rockcress, rock cress are applied to Arabis s.l.
 
NotesGreene is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Greenes, Green, Greens, Green's are errors; repand, repanda are from a Latin term for slightly wavy margins, so the Repand's is an error
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcBoechera repanda (S. Watson) Al-Shehbaz; Arabis repanda S. Watson var. greenei Jeps.; Arabis repanda S. Watson var. repanda
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