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

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:

• Sida 2:333–338. [= Polianthes].
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex) [= Polianthes].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron) [= Agave virginica].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin) [= Agave virginica].
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. (F 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. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

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

Check other databases 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
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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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