Gilia tricolor information from NPGS/GRIN

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Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
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Taxon: Gilia tricolor Benth.

Genus: Gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae subfamily: Polemonioideae.
Nomen number: 316700
Place of publication: Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: sub t. 1622. 1833
Name verified on: 27-Apr-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-May-2007
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

bird's-eyes (Source: D. H. Wilken, p.c.) – English
bukettgilia (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)

More:

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)
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [n. & c.]

Cultivated:

also cultivated

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Wilken, D. H. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Gilia tricolor.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Gilia tricolor.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Gilia tricolor.

Check other web resources for Gilia tricolor Benth.:

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?316700 (20 June 2013)

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