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Internal ID UUID644025805d0e7247450126
Scientific name Camassia quamash
Authority (Pursh) Greene
First published in Man. Bot. San Francisco : 313 (1894)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Phalangium quamash Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 1: 226. 1813 [Dec 1813]
Quamasia quamash (Pursh) Coville Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 11: 64 (1898)
Sitocodium esculentum (Nutt.) Salisb. Gen. Pl. : 27 (1866)
Anthericum quamash (Pursh) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 54 (1821)
Camassia leichtlinii var. watsonii M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 14: 29 (1912)
Camassia quamash f. pallida H.St.John Fl. S.-E. Washington 88 1937

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Language Common/alternative name
English camas
English qamas
English common camash
English common camas
English quamash
English small camas
Arabic كماسية
Arabic كماس مألوف
Danish spiselig kamassia
German camas
German essbare prärielilie
Japanese カマッシア
Macedonian обичен камас
Polish kamasja leichtlina
Russian Камассия съедобная
Russian Камассия квамаш
Chinese 夸马克美莲
Chinese 小糠米百合
Chinese 北美百合
Chinese 卡马百合
Chinese 克美莲

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Camassia quamash subsp. azurea (A.Heller) Gould Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 733 (1942)
Camassia quamash subsp. breviflora Gould Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 737 (1942)
Camassia quamash subsp. intermedia Gould Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 734 (1942)
Camassia quamash subsp. linearis Gould Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 736 (1942)
Camassia quamash subsp. maxima Gould Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 732 (1942)
Camassia quamash subsp. quamash Unknown
Camassia quamash subsp. utahensis Gould Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 740 (1942)
Camassia quamash subsp. walpolei (Piper) Gould Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 735 (1942)

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  • Northern America
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Western Canada
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      • British Columbia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000762884
Canadensys 2727
USDA Plants CAQU2
Tropicos 18401591
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30019006-2
The Plant List kew-301849
Plantarium 7791
PFAF Camassia quamash
Open Tree Of Life 403159
Observations.org 140659
NCBI Taxonomy 205718
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000456341
Nature Serve 2.142366
IPNI 30019006-2
iNaturalist 62220
GBIF 2769084
Freebase /m/03k3y1
FEIS plants/forb/camqua
EPPO CDSQU
EOL 1086647
Calflora (Californian flora) 1380
USDA GRIN 400195
Wikipedia Camassia_quamash

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Scientific Literature Top

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Inulin-based formulations as an emerging therapeutic strategy for cancer: A comprehensive review Ghali EN, Pranav, Chauhan SC, Yallapu MM Int J Biol Macromol 05-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10922702
doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129216
PMID:38185294
New Plants, New Resources, New Knowledge: Early Introductions of Exotic Plants to Indigenous Territories in Northwestern North America Turner NJ Plants (Basel) 28-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10490097
doi:10.3390/plants12173087
PMID:37687334
Forb composition gradients and intra‐annual variation in a threatened Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie Averett JP, Endress BA Ecol Evol 22-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9217882
doi:10.1002/ece3.9021
PMID:35784076
Genomic Screening to Identify Food Trees Potentially Dispersed by Precolonial Indigenous Peoples Fahey M, Rossetto M, Ens E, Ford A Genes (Basel) 08-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8954434
doi:10.3390/genes13030476
PMID:35328030
Effects of traditional harvest and burning on common camas (Camassia quamash) abundance in Northern Idaho: The potential for traditional resource management in a protected area wetland Stucki DS, Rodhouse TJ, Reuter RJ Ecol Evol 01-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8668748
doi:10.1002/ece3.8010
PMID:34938450
Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia Plateau Carney M, Tushingham S, McLaughlin T, d'Alpoim Guedes J R Soc Open Sci 14-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8059633
doi:10.1098/rsos.202213
PMID:33996124
Course‐based undergraduate research experiences in a remote setting: Two case studies documenting implementation and student perceptions Fey SB, Theus ME, Ramirez AR Ecol Evol 30-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7679529
doi:10.1002/ece3.6916
PMID:33250991
Starch granule evidence for the earliest potato use in North America Louderback LA, Pavlik BM Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 03-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5530693
doi:10.1073/pnas.1705540114
PMID:28673982
Biological screening of selected Pacific Northwest forest plants using the brine shrimp (Artemia salina) toxicity bioassay Karchesy YM, Kelsey RG, Constantine G, Karchesy JJ Springerplus 23-Apr-2016
PMCID:PMC4842189
doi:10.1186/s40064-016-2145-1
PMID:27186474
Microsites Matter: Improving the Success of Rare Species Reintroductions Dunwiddie PW, Martin RA PLoS One 01-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4773064
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150417
PMID:26930510
Estimating Temporal Trend in the Presence of Spatial Complexity: A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for a Wetland Plant Population Undergoing Restoration Rodhouse TJ, Irvine KM, Vierling KT, Vierling LA PLoS One 06-Dec-2011
PMCID:PMC3232238
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028635
PMID:22163047
Weak conspecific feedbacks and exotic dominance in a species-rich savannah MacDougall AS, Rillig MC, Klironomos JN Proc Biol Sci 16-Feb-2011
PMCID:PMC3151709
doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2730
PMID:21325332

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