Taxon: Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• false aloe   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• rattlesnake-master   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• Virginia-agave   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas

References:

• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. [= Polianthes].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. [= Agave virginica].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. [= Agave virginica].
• Shinners, L. B. 1966. Texas Polianthes, including Manfreda (Agave subgenus Manfreda) and Runyonia (Agavaceae). Sida 2:333–338. [= Polianthes].
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. [= Polianthes virginica].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Manfreda virginica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Manfreda virginica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Manfreda virginica.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Agave virginica L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Agave virginica var. tigrina Engelm.
  
• (=) Manfreda tigrina (Engelm.) Small
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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