Darlingtonia californica information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
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Taxon: Darlingtonia californica Torr.

Genus: Darlingtonia
Family: Sarraceniaceae.
Nomen number: 410907
Place of publication: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 6(4):5. 1853 (Darlingtonia calif.)
Comment: issue no. fide K. Gandhi, pers. comm. (via e-mail on 10 Sep 2008)
Name verified on: 19-May-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-May-2012
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

California-pitcherplant (Source: F CalifJep ) – English
cobra-lily (Source: F CalifJep ) – English
kobratrumpet (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [n.]

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).
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Darlingtonia californica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Darlingtonia californica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Darlingtonia californica.

Check other web resources for Darlingtonia californica Torr.:

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.

Images:

GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing

More:

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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?410907 (18 May 2013)

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