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Taxon: Erinus alpinus L.

Genus: Erinus
Family: Plantaginaceae tribe: Digitalideae. Also placed in: Scrophulariaceae Veronicaceae
Nomen number: 401659
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:630. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 29-Mar-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • alpine balsam   (Source: Dict Gard )
  • bálsamo-dos-Andes   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • fairy foxglove   (Source: BSBI )
  • liver balsam   (Source: Dict Gard )

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco
  • EUROPE
    Middle Europe: Austria; Switzerland
    Southeastern Europe: Italy [incl. Sardinia]
    Southwestern Europe: France; Spain [incl. Baleares]
Other:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. (L Maroc)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
More:

Check other databases for Erinus alpinus L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • 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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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?401659 (21 November 2009)

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