Camassia cusickii information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
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Taxon: Camassia cusickii S. Watson

Genus: Camassia
Family: Asparagaceae subfamily: Agavoideae. Also placed in: Agavaceae Hyacinthaceae Liliaceae
Nomen number: 8696
Place of publication: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22:479. 1887
Name verified on: 18-Jul-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 18-Jul-2008
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

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Common names:

Cusick camas (Source: F NAmer ) – English
blek stjärnhyacint (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)
Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho [w.-c.], Oregon [n.e.]

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).
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Camassia cusickii.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Camassia cusickii.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Camassia cusickii.

Synonyms:

(≡) Quamasia cusickii (S. Watson) Coville

Check other web resources for Camassia cusickii S. Watson:

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
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.

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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?8696 (18 June 2013)

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