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Taxon: Hedera helix L.

Genus: Hedera
Family: Araliaceae subfamily: Aralioideae.
Nomen number: 300252
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:202. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 29-Sep-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-Sep-1997
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
OR(except named horticultural varieties)*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • common ivy   (Source: F BritStace ) – English   [Hedera helix subsp. helix]
  • English ivy   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Hedera helix subsp. helix]
  • Italian ivy   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English   [Hedera helix subsp. poetarum]
  • ivy   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • poet's ivy   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English   [Hedera helix subsp. poetarum]
  • yellow-berry ivy   (Source: BSBI ) – English   [Hedera helix subsp. poetarum]
  • Engelse hedera   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans   [Hedera helix subsp. helix]
  • lierre grimpant   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French   [Hedera helix subsp. helix]
  • Efeu   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  • gewöhnlicher Efeu   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German   [Hedera helix subsp. helix]

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Cyprus; Israel; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
    Caucasus: Armenia [n.]; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated

References:

  • Ackerfield, J. 2001. Trichome morphology in Hedera (Araliaceae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 58:259–267.
  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2004. World checklist and bibliography of Araliaceae. (L Araliaceae)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. (L CultWPl SE US)
  • Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system - on-line resource. (Can Poison Pl)
  • Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Hedera helix L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
  • 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
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Hedera helix cultivars
  • 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:

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?300252 (09 February 2010)

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