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Taxon: Hedysarum alpinum L.

Genus: Hedysarum
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Hedysareae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 18594
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:750. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 25-Mar-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 31-Dec-2001
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 19 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • liquorice-root   (Source: F NW Terr ) – English   [Hedysarum alpinum var. americanum]

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Amur, Primorye
    Mongolia: Mongolia
    China: China [Manchuria]
    Eastern Asia: Korea
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India - Jammu and Kashmir; Pakistan [Kashmir]
  • EUROPE
    East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [n.]
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
    Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec
    Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.w.], British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan [s.]
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maine, Michigan [n.], New Hampshire [n.], Vermont [n.]
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - North Dakota, South Dakota [w.]
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Montana, Wyoming [e.]

References:

  • Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977–. Flora intramongolica. (F InnMong)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
  • Isely, D. 1955. Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. 30:74.
  • Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. (F Manshur)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. (F NE US)
  • McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Porsild, A. E. & W. J. Cody. 1980. Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada. (F NW Terr)
  • 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)
  • Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora. (F Mich)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Hedysarum alpinum 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
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • 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 or nodulation data:

More:
  • 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?18594 (09 February 2010)

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