Taxon: Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• American goldthread   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• canker-root   (Source: Herbs Commerce ) – English
  
• goldthread   (Source: Herbs Commerce ) – English
  
• polarkoptis   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Greenland; United States - Alaska
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Wisconsin

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).
• American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hultén, O. E. G. 1968. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• The flora of Greenland.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Coptis trifolia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Coptis trifolia.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Coptis trifolia.

Synonyms:

• (=) Anemone groenlandica Oeder
  
• (=) Coptis groenlandica (Oeder) Fernald
  
• (=) Coptis trifolia subsp. groenlandica (Oeder) Hultén
  
• (=) Coptis trifolia var. groenlandica (Oeder) Fassett
  

Check other web resources for Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• 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
• 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.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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