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Internal ID UUID643fdf43c513d463067454
Scientific name Houstonia caerulea
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 105 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Houstonia faxonorum Fernald Rhodora 29: 127 (1927)
Houstonia grandiflora Raf. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5: 225 (1820)
Houstonia linnaei Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 85 (1803)
Houstonia linnaei var. elatior Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 84 (1803)
Anotis coerulea G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 535 (1834)
Anotis gentianoides Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 4: 230 (1847)
Oldenlandia caerulea A.Gray Manual , ed. 2: 174 (1856)
Poiretia erecta J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 263. 1791 [late Sep-Nov 1791]
Hedyotis caerulea f. albiflora (Millsp.) Fosberg Castanea 19: 30 (1954)
Hedyotis caerulea var. faxonorum (Pease & A.H.Moore) Fosberg Castanea 19: 30 (1954)
Houstonia caerulea var. elatior (Michx.) Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 106 (1813)
Houstonia caerulea var. faxonorum Pease & A.H.Moore Rhodora 9: 210 (1907)
Houstonia caerulea var. piersii Barbour Proc. & Trans. Nova Scotian Inst. Sci. 11: 558 (1908)
Houstonia caerulea var. toxonorum Stevens Ill. Guide Fl. Pl. 582. 1910
Houstonia caerulea f. albiflora Millsp. Fl. W. Virginia : 375 (1892)
Hedyotis brachiata Miq. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 60 (1880)
Hedyotis caerulea (L.) Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 1(6): 286. 1833 [late 1833]
Hedyotis caerulea f. benkei Fosberg Castanea 19: 31 (1954)
Hedyotis gentianoides Endl. Iconogr. Gen. Pl. : t. 89 (1840)
Houstonia pusilla J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. : 236 (1791)
Houstonia serpyllifolia Graham Bot. Mag. 55: t. 2822 (1828)

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Language Common/alternative name
English azure bluet
English bluet
Chinese 美耳草

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Iowa
      • Missouri
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • New Hampshire
      • New York
      • Vermont
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
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      • Arkansas
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
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      • Tennessee
      • Virginia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000215160
Flora of Alabama 3275
Canadensys 9032
USDA Plants HOCA4
Tropicos 27900119
INPN 762043
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:278288-2
The Plant List kew-100326
Open Tree Of Life 661612
NCBI Taxonomy 120133
Nature Serve 2.136908
IPNI 278288-2
iNaturalist 69752
GBIF 5338866
Freebase /m/026bprc
WisFlora 3878
EPPO HOUCA
EOL 1095514
USDA GRIN 19379
Wikipedia Houstonia_caerulea
PFAF Houstonia caerulea

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Impact of polyploidy on plant tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses Tossi VE, Martínez Tosar LJ, Laino LE, Iannicelli J, Regalado JJ, Escandón AS, Baroli I, Causin HF, Pitta-Álvarez SI Front Plant Sci 22-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9441891
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.869423
PMID:36072313
Novel insights into how the mean and heterogeneity of abiotic conditions together shape forb species richness patterns in the Allegheny plateau ecoregion Catella SA, Eysenbach SR, Abbott KC Ecol Evol 30-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC6875668
doi:10.1002/ece3.5508
PMID:31788184
Developmental variation and the evolution of distyly in Hedyotis caerulea (Rubiaceae) Sampson DA, Krebs RA Springerplus 14-Aug-2013
PMCID:PMC3755807
doi:10.1186/2193-1801-2-383
PMID:24010041
Record-Breaking Early Flowering in the Eastern United States Ellwood ER, Temple SA, Primack RB, Bradley NL, Davis CC PLoS One 16-Jan-2013
PMCID:PMC3547064
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053788
PMID:23342001
Spatial ecology of mating success in a sexually polymorphic plant Stehlik I, Caspersen JP, Barrett SC Proc Biol Sci 16-Nov-2005
PMCID:PMC1560212
doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3317
PMID:16615203

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