Taxon: Shortia galacifolia Torr. & A. Gray

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Oconee-bells   (Source: F Carolin ) – English
  
• shortia   (Source: F Carolin ) – English
  
• amerikansk fransklocka   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• 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)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Georgia [Rabun Co.], North Carolina [McDowell, Swain, Transylvania Cos.], South Carolina, Tennessee

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).
• Chester, E. W. et al. 1993–1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
• Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Townsend, J., ed. South Carolina plant atlas (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Shortia galacifolia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Shortia galacifolia.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Shortia galacifolia.

Check other web resources for Shortia galacifolia 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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