Taxon: Aristolochia serpentaria L.

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

Common names:

• serpentary   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – English
  
• snakeroot   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• Virginia serpentary   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• Virginia snakeroot   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  

Economic importance:

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

More:

View phytochemical or 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)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan [s.], New Jersey, New York [s.e.], Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa [s.e.], Kansas [e.], Missouri, Oklahoma [e.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India

References:

• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Heinrich, M. et al. 2009. Local uses of Aristolochia species and content of nephrotoxic aristolochic acid 1 and 2—A global assessment based on bibliographic sources. J. Ethnopharmacol. 125:108–144.
• Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Aristolochia serpentaria.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Aristolochia serpentaria.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Aristolochia serpentaria.

Synonyms:

• (=) Aristolochia convolvulacea Small
  
• (=) Aristolochia hastata Nutt.
  
• (=) Aristolochia nashii Kearney
  

Check other web resources for Aristolochia serpentaria L.:

• 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.

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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