Lyonothamnus floribundus A. Gray ssp. asplenifolius (Greene) P.H. Raven, orth. var.
Lyonothamnus floribundus A. Gray ssp. aspleniifolius (Greene) P.H. Raven
Catalina ironwood
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2/24/2010 · San Diego (Quail) Botanic Garden, Encinitas, California 
2/24/2010 · San Diego (Quail) Botanic Garden, Encinitas, California 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Rosales | Rose family and eight others |
| Family | Rosaceae | Includes apples, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, pears, raspberries, strawberries, almonds, roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns; many others |
| Genus | Lyonothamnus | Literally Lyon’s shrub, named for W.S. Lyon (see lyonii above) and from thamnus, “shrub” |
| Species | floribundus | From floris, “flower,” or florere, “to flower,” with the Latin adjectival suffix -bundus used in the sense of doing or action accomplished, and thus meaning “profusely flowering, producing or having produced abundant flowers” |
| ssp. | aspleniifolius | With leaves like genus Asplenium |
Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. aspleniifolius description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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