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Androsace septentrionalis

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID64400949dd301403688730
Scientific name Androsace septentrionalis
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 142 (1753)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Amadea diffusa Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 504 (1916)
Amadea puberulenta Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 504 (1916)
Androsace acaulis hort. ex Duby Prodr. 8: 52 (1844)
Androsace arguta Greene Pittonia 4: 148 (1900)
Androsace diffusa Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 318 (1898)
Androsace elongata Richardson App. Frankl. 1st Voy. 733.
Androsace glandulosa Wooton & Standl. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 519 (1907)
Androsace gormanii Greene Pittonia 4: 149 (1900)
Androsace lactea Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 2(2): 618. 1773
Androsace linearis Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1829(Apr.-June): 179 (1829)
Androsace multiflora Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 252 (1779)
Androsace pinetorum Greene Pittonia 4: 149 (1900)
Androsace puberulenta Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 260 (1903)
Androsace septentrionalis var. diffusa (Small) R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 237: 215 (1905)
Androsace septentrionalis var. glandulosa (Wooton & Standl.) H.St.John Bot. Explor. St. Lawrence 126: 47 (1922)
Androsace septentrionalis var. gormannii Ostenf. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. , ser. 7, 9: 61 (1909 publ. 1910)
Androsace septentrionalis f. latifolia Y.H.Huang Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 7: 255 (1981)
Androsace septentrionalis var. pinetorum R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 237: 215 (1905)
Androsace septentrionalis var. puberulenta (Rydb.) R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 237: 216 (1905)
Androsace septentrionalis subsp. puberulenta (Rydb.) G.T.Robbins Amer. Midl. Naturalist 32: 161 (1944)
Androsace septentrionalis var. robusta H.St.John Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 4: 48 (1922)
Androsace septentrionalis subsp. robusta (H.St.John) G.T.Robbins Amer. Midl. Naturalist 32: 157 (1944)
Androsace septentrionalis var. subintegra A.Nelson ex R.Knuth Pflanzenr. IV, 237: 215 1905
Androsace septentrionalis var. subulifera A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. , ed. 2, 2(1): 60 (1886)
Androsace septentrionalis subsp. subulifera (A.Gray) G.T.Robbins Amer. Midl. Naturalist 32: 158 (1944)
Androsace septentrionalis var. subumbellata A.Nelson Wyoming Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 28: 149 (1896)
Androsace septentrionalis subsp. subumbellata (A.Nelson) G.T.Robbins Amer. Midl. Naturalist 32: 160 (1944)
Androsace subulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 148 (1906)
Androsace subumbellata Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 319 (1898)
Douglasia ochotensis subsp. gormanii (Greene) Á.Löve & D.Löve Bot. Not. 128: 517 (1975 publ. 1976)
Androsace septentrionalis var. breviscapa Krylov Fl. Alt. 3: 817 1904
Primula septentrionalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 400 (1891)
Primula septentrionalis var. subulifera Derganc Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 10: 110. 1904
Primula pinetorum Derganc Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 10: 110 (1904)
Androsace lactiflora Kar. & Kir. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 728 (1841)
Androsace septentrionalis subsp. glandulosa (Wooton & Standl.) G.T.Robbins Amer. Midl. Naturalist 32: 157 (1944)
Androsace septentrionalis var. typica R.Knuth Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 237: 215 (1905)
Androsace septentrionalis f. exscapa Wahlenb. Fl. Suecica 1: 126 (1824)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English northern rock jasmine
English pygmyflower rockjasmine
Arabic رقاقس شمالي
Belarusian Праломнік паўночны
Bulgarian северен оклоп
Czech pochybek severní
German nördlicher mannsschild
German nordischer mannsschild
Estonian harilik nõmmkann
Finnish ketonukki
Upper Sorbian sewjerny škitlik
Korean 명천봄맞이
Norwegian Bokmål smånøkkel
nv naʼashjéʼiichʼil
Polish naradka północna
Russian Проломник многоцветковый
Russian Проломник линейный
Russian Проломник бесстебельный
Russian Перелойка
Russian Месячная трава
Russian Проломник северный
Russian Лапа мужская
Russian Перелойная трава
Russian Первомайка
Russian Грыжная трава
Slovak pochybok severný
Swedish flockarv
Swedish grusviva
Ukrainian Переломник північний
Chinese 高原点地梅
Chinese 北方点地梅
Chinese 北点地梅
Chinese 雪山点地梅
Chinese 点地梅

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Korea
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Kamchatka
      • Khabarovsk
      • Magadan
      • Primorye
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Newfoundland
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Minnesota
      • North Dakota
      • South Dakota
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Greenland
      • Northwest Territorie
      • Nunavut
      • Yukon
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000534825
Canadensys 8349
USDA Plants ANSE4
Tropicos 26400130
INPN 82535
Flora of Italy 3773
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13171-2
The Plant List kew-2637777
Open Tree Of Life 829474
Observations.org 144068
NCBI Taxonomy 184985
Nature Serve 2.150642
IPNI 13171-2
iNaturalist 75436
GBIF 3169326
Freebase /m/0bryn9g
EPPO ANSSE
EOL 592384
Elurikkus 2767
Calflora (Californian flora) 9014
USDA GRIN 413523
Wikipedia Androsace_septentrionalis
USDA Plants ANSEG2
Tropicos 50322081
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:2637783-4
The Plant List kew-2637783
iNaturalist 234264
GBIF 6449384
CMAUP NPO14345
Plantarium 2878

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_982319215.1 ddAndSept1-2026-02-01 Chromosome University of Zurich 2026-04-12 72 471.33 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The Distribution Characteristics of Vegetation in the Subrange of the Altai Mountains, Xinjiang Cao Q, Wei Y, Li W, Feng Y, Abduraimov OS Plants (Basel) 20-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10675357
doi:10.3390/plants12223915
PMID:38005812
Are rare plant species less resistant than common ones to herbivores? A multi‐plant species study using above‐ and below‐ground generalist herbivores Bürli S, Ensslin A, Kempel A, Fischer M Ecol Evol 05-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10480044
doi:10.1002/ece3.10482
PMID:37674652
Spatiotemporal monitoring of the rare northern dragonhead (Dracocephalum ruyschiana, Lamiaceae) — SNP genotyping and environmental niche modeling herbarium specimens Nygaard M, Kopatz A, Speed JM, Martin MD, Prestø T, Kleven O, Bendiksby M Ecol Evol 12-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9374565
doi:10.1002/ece3.9187
PMID:35983172
Disturbance has lasting effects on functional traits and diversity of grassland plant communities Smith EA, Holden EM, Brown C, Cahill Jr JF PeerJ 25-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8958970
doi:10.7717/peerj.13179
PMID:35356466
“A herder’s duty is to think”: landscape partitioning and folk habitats of Mongolian herders in a mountain forest steppe (Khuvsugul-Murun region) Gantuya B, Avar Á, Babai D, Molnár Á, Molnár Z J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 20-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6868869
doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0328-x
PMID:31747913
A comprehensive dataset on cultivated and spontaneously growing vascular plants in urban gardens Frey D, Moretti M Data Brief 23-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6545399
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103982
PMID:31194048
Patterns and biases in an Arctic herbarium specimen collection: Implications for phenological research Panchen ZA, Doubt J, Kharouba HM, Johnston MO Appl Plant Sci 11-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC6426279
doi:10.1002/aps3.1229
PMID:30937221
Hemiparasitic plants increase alpine plant richness and evenness but reduce arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization in dominant plant species McKibben M, Henning JA PeerJ 07-Nov-2018
PMCID:PMC6228546
doi:10.7717/peerj.5682
PMID:30425882
Climate warming drives local extinction: Evidence from observation and experimentation Panetta AM, Stanton ML, Harte J Sci Adv 21-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5833995
doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaq1819
PMID:29507884
Influence of Afforestation on the Species Diversity of the Soil Seed Bank and Understory Vegetation in the Hill-Gullied Loess Plateau, China Wang N, Jiao J, Jia Y, Wang D Int J Environ Res Public Health 24-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5664785
doi:10.3390/ijerph14101285
PMID:29064405
Prediction of Arctic plant phenological sensitivity to climate change from historical records Panchen ZA, Gorelick R Ecol Evol 01-Feb-2017
PMCID:PMC5330922
doi:10.1002/ece3.2702
PMID:28261446
Vascular plant biodiversity of the lower Coppermine River valley and vicinity (Nunavut, Canada): an annotated checklist of an Arctic flora Saarela JM, Sokoloff PC, Bull RD PeerJ 31-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC5300018
doi:10.7717/peerj.2835
PMID:28194307
Evolution, ecology and systematics of Soldanella (Primulaceae) in the southern Apennines (Italy) Bellino A, Bellino L, Baldantoni D, Saracino A BMC Evol Biol 11-Aug-2015
PMCID:PMC4542100
doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0433-y
PMID:26260439
Nonlinear flowering responses to climate: are species approaching their limits of phenological change? Iler AM, Høye TT, Inouye DW, Schmidt NM Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 19-Aug-2013
PMCID:PMC3720060
doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.0489
PMID:23836793
Triterpene glycosides ofAndrosace septentrionalis. Structure of androseptosides A, B, C, and D P. K. Kintya, N. M. Pirozhkova Springer Science and Business Media LLC 22-Nov-2004
doi:10.1007/BF00579665

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Aporphines
(6aR)-2,10-dimethoxy-6,6-dimethyl-5,6,6a,7-tetrahydro-4H-dibenzo[de,g]quinolin-6-ium-1,11-diol 929259 Click to see 342.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Protoberberine alkaloids and derivatives
Berberine 2353 Click to see 336.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Columbamine 72310 Click to see 338.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Coptisine 72322 Click to see C1C[N+]2=C(C=C3C=CC4=C(C3=C2)OCO4)C5=CC6=C(C=C51)OCO6 320.30 unknown via CMAUP database
Jatrorrhizine 72323 Click to see 338.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Palmatine 19009 Click to see 352.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Worenine ion 20055073 Click to see 334.30 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Coumarinolignans
Cleomiscosin A 442510 Click to see 386.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Cleomiscosin C 11464176 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1O)OC)C2C(OC3=C4C(=CC(=C3O2)OC)C=CC(=O)O4)CO 416.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Furanoid lignans
Pinoresinol 73399 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2C3COC(C3CO2)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)OC)O 358.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Triterpene glycosides / Triterpene saponins
(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(3S,4aS,6aR,6bS,8S,8aS,12aS,14aS,14bR)-8-hydroxy-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol 163004736 Click to see 620.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579665
(2S,3R,4S,5S)-2-[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aS,6aR,6bS,8S,8aS,12aS,14aS,14bR)-8-hydroxy-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triol 162910283 Click to see CC1(CCC2(C(C1)C3=CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2O)C)C)(C)C)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)O)O)O)O)C)CO)C 753.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579665
(4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,10S,12aR,14bR)-10-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid 162853661 Click to see 883.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575067
(4aS,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aS,10S,12aR,14bS)-10-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid 163097552 Click to see 751.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579665
(4aS,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aS,10S,12aR,14bS)-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-10-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid 162930697 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C(=O)O)C 618.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579665
10-[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid 163097551 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)O)O)O)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C(=O)O)C 751.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579665
10-[5-[4,5-Dihydroxy-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid 162853660 Click to see 883.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575067
2-[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-[[8-hydroxy-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triol 162910282 Click to see 753.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579665
2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-Heptamethyl-10-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid 3424446 Click to see 618.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579665
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Saccharolipids
Woorenoside Iii 10462037 Click to see 662.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Woorenoside Iv 10101270 Click to see 704.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Woorenoside V 10031791 Click to see 618.60 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Indoles and derivatives / Indolyl carboxylic acids and derivatives
2-amino-3-(6-hydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic Acid 9899317 Click to see 220.22 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579665
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / 2-arylbenzofuran flavonoids
(-)-(7R,8S,7'E)-3,4,5,5'-tetramethoxy-4',7-epoxy-8,3'-neolign-7'-ene-9,9'-diol 10024043 Click to see 402.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids
3-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)Prop-2-Enoic Acid 2518 Click to see 180.16 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575061
Caffeic Acid 689043 Click to see 180.16 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575061
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Kaempferol 5280863 Click to see 286.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575061
Quercetin 5280343 Click to see 302.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575061
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glucuronides / Flavonoid-7-O-glucuronides
Baicalin 64982 Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C=C3O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C(=O)O)O)O)O)O)O 446.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
Rutin 5280805 Click to see 610.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575061
Vitamin P 5293655 Click to see 610.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575061
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
Copticide II 89654040 Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O)O 464.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 5-O-methylated flavonoids
5-O-Methylnaringenin 182315 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC2=C1C(=O)CC(O2)C3=CC=C(C=C3)O)O 286.28 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Linear 1,3-diarylpropanoids / Chalcones and dihydrochalcones / 2-Hydroxy-dihydrochalcones
4,2',4'-Trihydroxy-6'-methoxydihydrochalcone 42607705 Click to see 288.29 unknown via CMAUP database

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