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Internal ID UUID64401d0f0bb98077481977
Scientific name Galax urceolata
Authority (Poir.) Brummitt
First published in Taxon 21: 309 (1972)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Solenandria cordifolia Beauv. ex Vent. Jard. Malmaison : t. 69 (1803)
Galax cordifolia (Vent.) W.T.Aiton Hortus Kew. 2: 37 (1811)
Galax erythrorhiza Raf. Autik. Bot. 99. 1840
Galax rotundifolia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 446 (1813)
Pyrola urceolata Poir. Encycl. 5: 743 (1804)

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Language Common/alternative name
English beetleweed
German bronzeblatt
Finnish peiponkaali
Swedish rödrot
Chinese 岩穗

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Maintain seeds at a constant 10°C.

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  • Northern America
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Massachusetts
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • West Virginia
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Maryland
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000693713
Flora of Alabama 1695
USDA Plants GAUR2
Tropicos 10500002
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106783-2
The Plant List kew-2816164
PFAF Galax urceolata
Open Tree Of Life 918836
NCBI Taxonomy 55362
Nature Serve 2.158136
IPNI 106783-2
iNaturalist 53925
GBIF 5333324
Freebase /m/01vpqf
WisFlora 12697
FEIS plants/forb/galurc
EOL 487217
USDA GRIN 450946

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Genetic Dissection of Seasonal Changes in a Greening Plant Based on Time-Series Multispectral Imaging Koji T, Iwata H, Ishimori M, Takanashi H, Yamasaki Y, Tsujimoto H Plants (Basel) 17-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10610531
doi:10.3390/plants12203597
PMID:37896060
Multispectral Phenotyping and Genetic Analyses of Spring Appearance in Greening Plant, Phedimus spp. Koji T, Iwata H, Ishimori M, Takanashi H, Yamasaki Y, Tsujimoto H Plant Phenomics 26-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10292581
doi:10.34133/plantphenomics.0063
PMID:37383728
Camera Trap Methods and Drone Thermal Surveillance Provide Reliable, Comparable Density Estimates of Large, Free-Ranging Ungulates Baldwin RW, Beaver JT, Messinger M, Muday J, Windsor M, Larsen GD, Silman MR, Anderson TM Animals (Basel) 05-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10252056
doi:10.3390/ani13111884
PMID:37889800
Neutral processes underlying the macro eco-evolutionary dynamics of mixed-ploidy systems Kauai F, Mortier F, Milosavljevic S, Van de Peer Y, Bonte D Proc Biol Sci 22-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10031433
doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.2456
PMID:36946113
Red pigments in autumn leaves of Norway maple do not offer significant photoprotection but coincide with stress symptoms Mattila H, Tyystjärvi E Tree Physiol 30-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC10177003
doi:10.1093/treephys/tpad010
PMID:36715646
Characterizing Tetraploid Populations of Actinidia chinensis for Kiwifruit Genetic Improvement Wang Z, Hu G, Li Z, Zhong C, Yao X Plants (Basel) 24-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9102457
doi:10.3390/plants11091154
PMID:35567155
Effects of Rhododendron removal and prescribed fire on bees and plants in the southern Appalachians Ulyshen M, Elliott K, Scott J, Horn S, Clinton P, Liu N, Miniat CF, Caldwell P, Oishi C, Knoepp J, Bolstad P Ecol Evol 01-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8888263
doi:10.1002/ece3.8677
PMID:35261754
Phylotranscriptomics of Theaceae: generic-level relationships, reticulation and whole-genome duplication Zhang Q, Zhao L, Folk RA, Zhao JL, Zamora NA, Yang SX, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Gao LM, Peng H, Yu XQ Ann Bot 17-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8944729
doi:10.1093/aob/mcac007
PMID:35037017
Anthocyanin stability and degradation in plants Zhao YW, Wang CK, Huang XY, Hu DG Plant Signal Behav 22-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC9208790
doi:10.1080/15592324.2021.1987767
PMID:34686106
Pollinator assemblage and pollen load differences on sympatric diploid and tetraploid cytotypes of the desert‐dominant Larrea tridentata Laport RG, Minckley RL, Pilson D Am J Bot 12-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7986067
doi:10.1002/ajb2.1605
PMID:33580499
Linked by Ancestral Bonds: Multiple Whole-Genome Duplications and Reticulate Evolution in a Brassicaceae Tribe Guo X, Mandáková T, Trachtová K, Özüdoğru B, Liu J, Lysak MA Mol Biol Evol 17-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC8097306
doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa327
PMID:33331908
Propagule pressure and the establishment of emergent polyploid populations Levin DA Ann Bot 27-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7750715
doi:10.1093/aob/mcaa187
PMID:33106838
Population genetic structure, migration, and polyploidy origin of a medicinal species Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Cucurbitaceae) Zhang X, Su H, Yang J, Feng L, Li Z, Zhao G Ecol Evol 12-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC6802062
doi:10.1002/ece3.5618
PMID:31641462
A rangewide herbarium‐derived dataset indicates high levels of gene flow in black cherry (Prunus serotina) Konrade L, Shaw J, Beck J Ecol Evol 08-Jan-2019
PMCID:PMC6374653
doi:10.1002/ece3.4719
PMID:30805134
Antimutagenic, antitumor and estrogen receptor binding activity of the rare plant Shortia galacifolia: An ethnobotanical and chemosystematic approach Gray SL, Lackey BR, Tate PL Avicenna J Phytomed 01-Jan-2019
PMCID:PMC6369323
PMID:30788279

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