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 | Philadelphus lewisii |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Hydrangeaceae |
Family common name(s) | hydrangea |
Genus common name(s) | philadelphus |
Species common name(s) | Meriwether Lewis's wild mock-orange; Meriwether Lewis's wild mock orange; Meriwether Lewis's mock orange; Meriwether Lewis's mock-orange; Meriwether Lewis wild mock-orange; Meriwether Lewis wild mock orange; Meriwether Lewis mock orange; Meriwether Lewis mock-orange; Lewis's mock-orange; Lewis's mock orange; Lewis's mockorange; Lewis's wild mockorange; Lewis's syringa; Lewis' mock-orange; Lewis' mock orange; Lewis' mockorange; Lewis' wild mockorange; Lewis' syringa; Lewis mock-orange; Lewis mock orange; Lewis mockorange; Lewis wild mockorange; Lewis syringa; Idaho mock-orange; Idaho mock orange; Idaho mockorange; Idaho syringa; Idaho's syringa |
| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | California mock-orange [Philadelphus californicus]; California mock orange [Philadelphus californicus]; California syringa [Philadelphus californicus]; Gordon's syringa [subsp. gordonianus] |
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | western mock-orange, western mock orange, western mockorange, western syringa, wild mock-orange, wild mock orange, wild mockorange are applied to multiple Philadelphus taxa; mock-orange, mock orange, mockorange, arrow-wood, arrow wood, arrowwood are are applied to taxa in multiple families |
Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian arrowhead, Indian arrow-wood, Indian arrow wood, Indian arrowwood |
Notes | Lewis, California are proper names, so upper case preferable; Lewi's is an error |
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Philadelphaceae; subsp. californicus (Benth.) Munz; subsp. gordonianus (Lindl.) Munz; Philadelphus californicus Benth. Philadelphus gordonianus Lindl. |
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