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Taxon: Salix purpurea L.

Genus: Salix
Family: Salicaceae.
Nomen number: 32752
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:1017. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 01-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 19-Jun-2013
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7). Alternate site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 5 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • basket willow   (Source: Rep NCEPPC ) – English
  • purple osier   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • purple willow   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • Purpur pil   (Source: IllF MEur ) – Danish
  • osier rouge   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • saule pourpre   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Pupurweide   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • Stein-Weide   (Source: IllF MEur ) – German
  • salcio da vimini   (Source: IllF MEur ) – Italian
  • salcio rosso   (Source: IllF MEur ) – Italian
  • wierzba purpurowa   (Source: IllF MEur ) – Polish
  • salgueiro-de-casca-roxa   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • sargatillo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • sauce colorado   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • rödvide   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  • Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide Willows 20-21. 1992)
  • Materials: cane   (for basketry fide Willows 13. 1992)
  • Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Mongolia: Mongolia
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Ireland
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part [w.]; Ukraine [w. & Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [n.]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain

      Cultivated:
  • widely 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).
  • Argus, G. W. 1986. The genus Salix (Salicaceae) in the southeastern United States. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 9:134.
  • Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
  • Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
  • Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
  • Hegi, G. et al. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966-
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  • Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. [= var. smithiana].
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
  • Newsholme, C. 1992. Willows, the genus Salix.
  • Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
  • Stott, K. G. 1992. Willows in the service of man. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 98B:171.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Salix purpurea L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Salix purpurea 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.

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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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?32752 (19 June 2013)

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