Mentzelia laevicaulis information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Mentzelia laevicaulis (Douglas) Torr. & A. Gray

Genus: Mentzelia
Family: Loasaceae subfamily: Mentzelioideae.
Nomen number: 316748
Place of publication: Fl. N. Amer. 1:535. 1840
Name verified on: 27-Aug-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 27-Aug-2008
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 17 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

giant blazingstar (Source: CalFlora ) – English
smooth-stem blazingstar (Source: CalFlora ) – English

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)
Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [n.w.], Idaho, Montana [w.], Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Nevada, Utah

References:

CalFlora Database Project. CalFlora: a botanical resource for California on the internet (on-line resource).
Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. [lists as M. laevicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray].
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. [lists as M. laevicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Mentzelia laevicaulis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Mentzelia laevicaulis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Mentzelia laevicaulis.

Synonyms:

(≡) Bartonia laevicaulis Douglas (basionym)
(≡) Nuttallia laevicaulis (Douglas) Greene

Check other web resources for Mentzelia laevicaulis (Douglas) Torr. & A. Gray:

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.

Images:

GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

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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.

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?316748 (22 May 2013)

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