Taxon: Panax trifolius L.

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Common names:

• dwarf ginseng   (Source: Proc Int Ginseng Wp ) – English
  
• groundnut   (Source: Proc Int Ginseng Wp ) – English
  
• dreiblättriger Ginseng   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario [s.], Prince Edward Island, Quebec [s.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio [n.], Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Minnesota [e.-c.], Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Georgia [n.w.], Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

References:

• Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland.
• Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist.
• Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana. ["trifolium"].
• Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2004. World checklist and bibliography of Araliaceae.
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio.
• Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas. ["trifolium"].
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. ["trifolium"].
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora.
• Wen, J. 2001. Species diversity, nomenclature, phylogeny, biogeography, and classification of the ginseng genus (Panax L., Araliaceae). P. 73 in: Punja, Z. K., ed., Utilization of biotechnological, genetic and cultural approaches for North American and Asian ginseng improvement. Proceedings of the International Ginseng Workshop.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Panax trifolius.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Panax trifolius.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Panax trifolius.

Check other web resources for Panax trifolius L.:

• 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:

• Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• 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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