Group: Dicot Rank: variety Herbarium Placement: Monsanto, 3rd, D, 270     

Published In: Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 26. 1884. (Syn. Fl. N. Amer.)

Basionym:

Houstonia tenuifolia Nutt.  The Genera of North American Plants 1: 95. 1818. (Gen. N. Amer. Pl.)

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• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Asteranae Takht.
• order:  Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  Rubiaceae Juss.
• genus:  Houstonia L.
• species:  Houstonia purpurea L.

Other combinations for  Houstonia tenuifolia Nutt.:

Chamisme tenuifolia (Nutt.) Nieuwl. American Midland Naturalist 4: 92. 1915. (Amer. Midl. Naturalist)

Hedyotis longifolia var. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray A Flora of North America: containing . . . 2: 40. 1841. (Fl. N. Amer.)

Hedyotis purpurea var. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Fosberg Castanea 19: 35. 1954. (Castanea)

Houstonia longifolia var. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Alph. Wood A Class-book of Botany ed. 1861: 403. 1861. (Class-book Bot.)

Oldenlandia purpurea var. tenuifolia (Nutt.) A. Gray ex Chapm. Flora of the Southern United States 181. 1860. (Fl. S. U.S.)