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Taxon: Cerastium biebersteinii DC.

Genus: Cerastium
Family: Caryophyllaceae subfamily: Alsinoideae tribe: Alsineae.
Nomen number: 9894
Place of publication: Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 1:436. 1822
Comment: or Cerastium Tomentosum Group, in part
Name verified on: 12-Mar-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Oct-2006
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • snow-in-summer   (Source: Dict Gard [as C. tomentosum Group]) – English

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • EUROPE
    East Europe: Ukraine - Krym

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

      Cultivated:
  • cultivated elsewhere

References:

  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Hegi, G. et al. 1979. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- (IllF MEur) 3.2:909.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [= C. tomentosum Group].
  • Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae. (Atlas Eur)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F) [= C. tomentosum Group].
More:

Check other databases for Cerastium biebersteinii DC.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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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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?9894 (09 February 2010)

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