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Taxon: Angelica acutiloba (Siebold & Zucc.) Kitag.

Genus: Angelica
Family: Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae).
Nomen number: 3414
Place of publication: Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 51:658. 1937
Name verified on: 05-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • angélica   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • dong dang gui   (Source: M. F. Watson, p.c.)
  • tang-kuei   (Source: M. F. Watson, p.c.)

Economic importance:

  • Human food: vegetable   (fide L Edible Pl)
  • Medicines: folklore   (fide M. F. Watson, pers. comm. 1996; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):123. 1999)
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Distributional range:

Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu

References:

  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption. (L Edible Pl)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Watson, M. F. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Angelica acutiloba (Siebold & Zucc.) Kitag.:

  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • 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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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?3414 (22 November 2009)

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