Gaultheria hispidula information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl.

Genus: Gaultheria
Family: Ericaceae subfamily: Vaccinioideae tribe: Gaultherieae.
Nomen number: 315288
Place of publication: Cat. pl. Amer. sept. 44. 1813
Name verified on: 18-Oct-1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Corvallis (COR).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

creeping-snowberry (Source: Castanea 61:113.) – English

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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)
Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Wisconsin

References:

Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:113.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Gaultheria hispidula.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Gaultheria hispidula.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Gaultheria hispidula.

Synonyms:

(≡) Chiogenes hispidula (L.) Torr. & A. Gray
(previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl.:

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.

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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?315288 (18 May 2013)

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