Taxon: Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby

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Common names:

• river-mallow   (Source: Sida 11:215. 1985) – English
  
• Virginia-mallow   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: potential for pollution control   (as heavy metal accumulator fide web document)
  
• Fuels: potential as biomass for energy generation   (fide web document)
  
• Materials: potential as fiber   (for paper production fide web document)
  

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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 [n.e.], Michigan [s. (extirpated?)], Ohio [s. & n.w.], Pennsylvania [s.], West Virginia [w.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - District of Columbia, Kentucky [n.e.], Maryland, Tennessee [e. (extirpated?)], Virginia [n.]

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States [formerly adventive in n.e.]

References:

• Antonkiewicz, A. & C. Jasiewicz. 2002. The use of plants accumulating heavy metals for detoxication of chemically polluted soils. Electronic J. Polish Agric. Univ. 5: no. 1. [re. environmental use of pollution control].
• Chester, E. W. et al. 1993–1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
• Denisiuk, W. 2005. Mo&zaccute;liwo&saccute;ci wykorzystania &Saccute;lazowca pensylawa&naccute;skiego W energetyce. 1–9. [re. potential as biomass for energy production].
• Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
• Spooner, D. M. et al. 1985. Observations on the distribution and ecology of Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby (Malvaceae). Sida 11:215–225.
• Spooner, D. M. et al. 1985. Observations on the distribution and ecology of Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby (Malvaceae). Sida 11:215–225.
• Thomas, L. K., Jr. 1979. Distribution and ecology of Sida hermaphrodita, a rare plant species. Bartonia 46:51–59.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Sida hermaphrodita.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Sida hermaphrodita.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Sida hermaphrodita.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Napaea hermaphrodita L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby:

• 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
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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