Ehretia anacua information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Ehretia anacua (Terán & Berland.) I. M. Johnst.

Genus: Ehretia
Family: Boraginaceae subfamily: Ehretioideae. Also placed in: Ehretiaceae
Nomen number: 14894
Place of publication: Contr. Gray Herb. 70:89. 1924
Name verified on: 21-Nov-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 28-Mar-2001
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

knock-away (Source: Pulmonaria ) – English
sandpaper-tree (Source: Pulmonaria ) – English
sugarberry (Source: Pulmonaria ) – English
manzanita (Source: Pulmonaria ) – Spanish
anacua (Source: F Veracruz ) – Spanish (Mexico)
anaqua (Source: Pulmonaria ) – Spanish (Mexico)

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
Northern Mexico: Mexico - Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas
Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Hidalgo, Queretaro, Veracruz

References:

Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family. 202.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ehretia anacua.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ehretia anacua.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ehretia anacua.

Synonyms:

(=) Ehretia elliptica DC.
(previously associated with 1 accession)
(≡) Gaza anacua Terán & Berland. (basionym)

Check other web resources for Ehretia anacua (Terán & Berland.) I. M. Johnst.:

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.

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

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
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?14894 (21 May 2013)

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