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Taxon: Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Eschsch.

Genus: Ceanothus
Family: Rhamnaceae.
Nomen number: 9673
Place of publication: Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 10:285. 1826
Name verified on: 06-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-May-1999
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • blueblossum   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • bluebrush   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  • California-lilac   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  • creeping blueblossum   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English   [Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens]
  • krypsäckbuske   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish   [Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens]

Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Hortus 3)
More:

Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Kellermann, J. 2011. Review of Rhamnaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
  • Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
  • Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. [mentions].
  • Peck, M. 1941. A manual of the higher plants of Oregon.
  • Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
  • Webster's third new international dictionary.
More:

Check other web resources for Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Eschsch.:

  • 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
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Ceanothus thyrsiflorus cultivars
  • 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.
  • Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • 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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Cite as:
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?9673 (25 May 2013)

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