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 retrofracta |
| 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) | reversed rock-cress; reversed rock cress; reversed rockcress; backward-splitting Holboell's rock-cress; backward-splitting Holboell's rockcress; backward splitting Holboell's rock cress; Holboell's reflexed rock-cress; backward-splitting Holboell rock-cress; backward-splitting Holboell rockcress; backward splitting Holboell rock cress; Holboell reflexed rock-cress; second rock-cress; second rock cress; second rockcress; secund rock-cress; secund rock cress; secund rockcress; summit rock-cress; summit rock cress; summit rockcress |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | reflexed rockcress is applied to Arabis holbellii as a whole; pinewoods rock-cress is more commonly applied to var. pinetorum; pendulous rock-cress, pendulous rockcress, pendulous rock cress, deflexed rockcress, northern rock-cress, northern rockcress, northern rock cress 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 retrofracta Graham; Arabis holboellii Hornem. var. retrofracta (Graham) Rydb.; Arabis secunda T.J. Howell; Boechera holboellii (Hornem.) Á. L√∂ve & D. L√∂ve var. secunda (Howell) Dorn |
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