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Taxon: Gnaphalium affine D. Don

Genus: Gnaphalium
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) subfamily: Asteroideae tribe: Gnaphalieae.
Nomen number: 423881
Place of publication: Prodr. fl. nepal. 173. 1825
Name verified on: 05-Jun-2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Economic importance:

  • Medicines: folklore   (fide Chin Herbs, as Gnaphalium multiceps)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea; Taiwan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Nepal
    Indo-China: Indochina; Myanmar; Thailand

References:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  • Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of China Checklist (on-line resource).
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Gnaphalium affine D. Don:

  • 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
  • Google 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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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?423881 (20 June 2013)

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