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Houstonia purpurea

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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
Gallery
Contributors
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643fdf4598095395365149
Scientific name Houstonia purpurea
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 105 (1753)

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Houstonia macrosepala Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 2(1): 40. 1841 [May 1841]
Anotis purpurea G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 535 (1834)
Knoxia purpurea Lam. ex Poir. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 3. 225. 1813 [24 Sep 1813] : erroneous entry
Oldenlandia purpurea A.Gray Manual , ed. 2: 173 (1856)
Chamisme purpurea Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 92 (1915)
Hedyotis purpurea Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 2: 40 (1841)
Knoxia purpurea (L.) Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 259 (1892)

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Language Common/alternative name
English venus' pride
Chinese 伞形花耳草

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Houstonia purpurea var. calycosa A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 26 (1884)
Houstonia purpurea var. montana (Small) Terrell Rhodora 61: 169 (1959)
Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea Unknown

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Missouri
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Indiana
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000215241
Florida Plant Atlas 3527
Flora of Alabama 3280
USDA Plants HOPU2
Tropicos 27902952
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:124319-2
The Plant List kew-100402
Open Tree Of Life 898348
NCBI Taxonomy 160999
Nature Serve 2.128940
IPNI 124319-2
iNaturalist 132219
GBIF 5338840
Freebase /m/0gk_kfs
EOL 1111470
USDA GRIN 316710
Wikipedia Houstonia_purpurea

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Temperate mountain grasslands: a climate-herbivore hypothesis for origins and persistence Weigl PD, Knowles TW Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 04-Oct-2013
PMCID:PMC4158879
doi:10.1111/brv.12063
PMID:24118866

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