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Internal ID UUID64401cc187b95530958088
Scientific name Maianthemum bifolium
Authority (L.) F.W.Schmidt
First published in Fl. Boëm. 4: 55 (1794)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Maianthemum nipponicum Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 181 (1924)
Maianthemum smilacinum Friche-Joset & Montandon Syn. Fl. Jura 310. 1856
Maia bifolia (L.) Salisb. Gen. Pl. : 64 (1866)
Maianthemum convallaria F.H.Wigg. Prim. Fl. Holsat. 15. 1780 (1780)
Maianthemum cordifolium Moench Methodus : 638 (1794)
Monophyllon lobelii Delarbre Fl. Auvergne , ed. 2: 615 (1800)
Styrandra bifolia (L.) Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 84 (1830)
Styrandra petiolaris Raf. Autik. Bot. : 68 (1840)
Smilacina bifolia (L.) Ker Gawl. J. Sci. Arts (London) 1: 182 (1816)
Smilacina cordifolia (Moench) Becker Fl. Frankfurt 1: 136 (1827)
Sciophila convallarioides Wibel Prim. Fl. Werth. : 147 (1799)
Unifolium bifolium (L.) Greene Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 287 (1888)
Unifolium quadrifidum (Lam.) All. Fl. Pedem. 1: 124 (1785)
Valentinia bifolia (L.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 12: 517 (1894)
Unifolium bifolium var. canadense Farw. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 356 (1915)
Bifolium cordatum G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 1: 209 (1799)
Convallaria bifolia L. Sp. Pl. : 816 (1753)
Convallaria cordifolia (Moench) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 265 (1812)
Convallaria monophylla Oeder Fl. Dan. : t. 291 (1766)
Convallaria pulchella Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 255 (1796)
Convallaria quadrifida Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 269 (1779)
Convallaria tetrapetala Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 461 (1792)
Unifolium bifolium f. monophyllum Farw. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 356 1915
Smilacina bifolia (L.) Desf. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 54 1807
Unifolium bifolium subvar. hirtellum Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 30, pt. 1: 60. 1945

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Language Common/alternative name
English may lily
Spanish smilacina cordifolia
Spanish convallaria bifolia
Spanish convallaria monophylla
Spanish convallaria tetrapetala
Spanish maianthemum convallaria
Spanish monophyllon lobelii
Spanish smilacina bifolia
Spanish styrandra bifolia
Spanish styrandra petiolaris
Spanish unifolium bifolium
Spanish unifolium bifolium var. canadense
Spanish unifolium quadrifidum
Spanish valentinia bifolia
Spanish convallaria cordifolia
Spanish convallaria pulchella
Belarusian Майнік двухлісты
Czech pstroček dvoulistý
cv Пăчăр çырли
Welsh lili mai
Danish almindelig majblomst
German zweiblättriges schattenblümchen
German schattenblume
German zweiblättrige schattenblume
Estonian leseleht
Finnish metsäoravanmarja
Finnish oravanmarja
French maianthème à deux feuilles
French maiantheme a deux feuilles
French maïanthème à deux feuilles
fy twiblêd
Upper Sorbian dwułopješko
Upper Sorbian dźiwje całtki
Upper Sorbian mužik a žónka
Upper Sorbian dwojołopjenaty pstruhačk
Hungarian kétlevelű árnyékvirág
Korean 두루미꽃
Lithuanian dvilapė medutė
Norwegian Bokmål bittekonvall
Norwegian Bokmål maiblom
Dutch dalkruid
Norwegian Nynorsk bittekonvall
Norwegian Nynorsk maiblom
Polish konwalijka dwulistna
Russian Майник двулистный
se oarrimuorji
Slovak tôňovka dvojlistá
Slovenian dvolistna senčnica
smn uárreemyerji
sms vuäʹrrevmueʹrjj
Swedish ekorrbär
Ukrainian Веснівка дволиста
Chinese 舞鹤草
Chinese 二叶舞鹤草

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Qinghai
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Kamchatka
      • Khabarovsk
      • Kuril Islands
      • Primorye
      • Sakhalin
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000691280
Tropicos 18401224
INPN 107158
Flora of Italy 6959
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30042358-2
The Plant List kew-281331
Plantarium 23590
Missouri Botanical Garden 281972
Open Tree Of Life 273504
Observations.org 7029
NCBI Taxonomy 191662
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000460559
IPNI 30042358-2
iNaturalist 50247
GBIF 2769317
Freebase /m/08w2x_
EPPO MNHBI
EOL 1003738
Elurikkus 5624
USDA GRIN 104911
Wikipedia Maianthemum_bifolium

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Extreme environments simplify reassembly of communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Šibanc N, Clark DR, Helgason T, Dumbrell AJ, Maček I mSystems 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10949450
doi:10.1128/msystems.01331-23
PMID:38376262
Total Soil CO2 Efflux from Drained Terric Histosols Vigricas E, Čiuldienė D, Armolaitis K, Valujeva K, Laiho R, Jauhiainen J, Schindler T, Bārdule A, Lazdiņš A, Butlers A, Kazanavičiūtė V, Belova O, Kamil-Sardar M, Soosaar K Plants (Basel) 04-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10780588
doi:10.3390/plants13010139
PMID:38202448
Topographic depressions can provide climate and resource microrefugia for biodiversity Frei K, Vojtkó A, Farkas T, Erdős L, Barta K, E-Vojtkó A, Tölgyesi C, Bátori Z iScience 21-Oct-2023
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doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.108202
PMID:38026156
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Adaptive Relationships in Hemi-Boreal Forests: Tree Species Responses to Competition, Stress, and Disturbance Petrokas R, Manton M Plants (Basel) 13-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10535793
doi:10.3390/plants12183256
PMID:37765418
Restoration of Vegetation Greenness and Possible Changes in Mature Forest Communities in Two Forests Damaged by the Vaia Storm in Northern Italy Giupponi L, Leoni V, Pedrali D, Giorgi A Plants (Basel) 19-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10059996
doi:10.3390/plants12061369
PMID:36987057
Anti-Alzheimer’s Natural Products Derived from Plant Endophytic Fungi Zhu J, Wang Z, Song L, Fu W, Liu L Molecules 28-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10005758
doi:10.3390/molecules28052259
PMID:36903506
Quercus rubra invasion of temperate deciduous forest stands alters the structure and functions of the soil microbiome Stanek M, Kushwaha P, Murawska-Wlodarczyk K, Stefanowicz AM, Babst-Kostecka A Geoderma 11-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC10438910
doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116328
PMID:37600960
Secondary metabolites of Alternaria: A comprehensive review of chemical diversity and pharmacological properties Zhao S, Li J, Liu J, Xiao S, Yang S, Mei J, Ren M, Wu S, Zhang H, Yang X Front Microbiol 06-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9852848
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.1085666
PMID:36687635
Contrasting Responses of Alien and Ancient Forest Indicator Plant Species to Fragmentation Process in the Temperate Lowland Forests Šipek M, Kutnar L, Marinšek A, Šajna N Plants (Basel) 06-Dec-2022
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PMID:36501234
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PMID:36340817
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PMID:36267685
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PMID:36235517
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