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Taxon: Osmorhiza mexicana Griseb.

Genus: Osmorhiza
Family: Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae).
Nomen number: 414438
Place of publication: Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24:147. 1879 (Symb. fl. argent.)
Name verified on: 26-Aug-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Aug-2004
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • Mexican sweet cicely   (Source: Ann Mo BG 71:1159.) – English   [Osmorhiza mexicana subsp. mexicana]
  • Mexican sweetroot   (Source: Ann Mo BG 71:1159.) – English   [Osmorhiza mexicana subsp. mexicana]

Economic importance:


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)
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Federal District, Hidalgo, Mexico, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Guatemala; Mexico - Chiapas
    Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Peru
    Southern South America: Argentina - Catamarca, Cordoba, Jujuy, Tucuman

References:

  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Lowry, P. P., II & A. G. Jones. 1984. Systematics of Osmorhiza Raf. (Apiaceae: Apioideae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 71:1158.
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
  • Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999 (L Argent)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Osmorhiza mexicana Griseb.:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • 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 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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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?414438 (06 September 2010)

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