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Taxon: Dryas octopetala L.

Genus: Dryas
Family: Rosaceae subfamily: Dryadoideae.
Nomen number: 14708
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:501. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 20-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 31-Dec-2001
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Norway; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Germany; Poland
    East Europe: Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Italy
    Southwestern Europe: France; Spain
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Subarctic America: Canada - Yukon Territory; Greenland; United States - Alaska
    Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Oregon

References:

  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Forest Experimental Station, Korea. 1966. Illustrated woody plants of Korea. (WPl Korea)
  • Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. (F Pacif NW)
  • Hultén, O. E. G. 1968. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories. (F AlaskaHult)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Moss, E. H. & J. G. Packer. 1983. Flora of Alberta, ed. 2. (F Alberta) [= subsp. hookeriana].
  • Porsild, A. E. & W. J. Cody. 1980. Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada. (F NW Terr)
  • Rønning, O. I. 1996. The flora of Svalbard. (F Svalbard)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
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Check other databases for Dryas octopetala L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?14708 (09 February 2010)

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