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Lycopus americanus

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID643fe1e01bee5480298791
Scientific name Lycopus americanus
Authority Muhl. ex W.P.C.Barton
First published in Fl. Philadelph. Prodr. : 12 (1815)

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Lycopus americanus var. longii Benner Bartonia 16: 46 (1935)
Lycopus americanus var. scabrifolius Fernald Rhodora 47: 180 (1945)
Lycopus bracteatus Muhl. ex Link Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 55 (1820)
Lycopus europaeus var. integrifolius A.Gray Manual , ed. 3: 304 (1862)
Lycopus europaeus var. sinuatus (Elliott) A.Gray Manual , ed. 3: 304 (1862)
Lycopus heterophyllus Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 28 (1830)
Lycopus integrifolius Raf. Autik. Bot. : 115 (1840)
Lycopus lacerus Greene Pittonia 3: 339 (1898)
Lycopus longifolius Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 28 (1830)
Lycopus lucidus var. americanus A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 286 (1870)
Lycopus lucidus subsp. americanus (A.Gray) Hultén Ark. Bot. , a.s., 7(1): 117 (1967 publ. 1968)
Lycopus lucidus var. obtusifolius MacMill. Metasp. Minnesota Valley : 453 (1892)
Lycopus pauciflorus Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 28 (1830)
Lycopus pensylvanicus Muhl. ex Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 28 (1830)
Lycopus pinnatifidus Raf. Autik. Bot. : 114 (1840)
Lycopus praealtus Nutt. ex Benth. Prodr. 12: 179 (1848)
Lycopus sinuatus Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 26 (1816)
Lycopus sinuatus var. angustifolius Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. : 187 (1833)
Lycopus sinuatus var. dissectus Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. : 187 (1833)
Lycopus sinuatus var. intermedius Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. : 313 (1860)
Lycopus sinuatus var. vulgaris (Nutt.) Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. : 187 (1833)
Lycopus vulgaris Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 15 (1818)
Phytosalpinx americana Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 2 (1917)

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Language Common/alternative name
English american water horehound
Persian لیکپوس امریکنوس
Russian Зюзник американский

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Name Authority First published in
Lycopus americanus subsp. laurentianus (Roll.-Germ.) Coursol & Bailleul Rhodora 122(991): 121 (2021)

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Lycopus americanus var. americanus Unknown

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

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Newfoundland
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000231365
UNII TV6HAA4HIY
Florida Plant Atlas 791
Flora of Alabama 2414
Canadensys 6390
USDA Plants LYAM
Tropicos 17603079
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:147703-2
The Plant List kew-115881
Open Tree Of Life 1094814
Observations.org 452131
NCBI Taxonomy 932105
Nature Serve 2.142682
IUCN Red List 64317515
IPNI 147703-2
iNaturalist 60206
GBIF 5341461
Freebase /m/03bztzm
WisFlora 4153
EPPO LYAAM
EOL 579743
Elurikkus 521286
Calflora (Californian flora) 5247
USDA GRIN 430583
Wikipedia Lycopus_americanus

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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An Inventory of Anthelmintic Plants across the Globe Ahmed H, Kilinc SG, Celik F, Kesik HK, Simsek S, Ahmad KS, Afzal MS, Farrakh S, Safdar W, Pervaiz F, Liaqat S, Zhang J, Cao J Pathogens 13-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9866317
doi:10.3390/pathogens12010131
PMID:36678480
Reinventory of the vascular plants of Mormon Island Crane Meadows after forty years of restoration, invasion, and climate change Caven AJ, Wiese JD Heliyon 03-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9192816
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09640
PMID:35711997
Phylogenomics of Salvia L. subgenus Calosphace (Lamiaceae) Lara-Cabrera SI, Perez-Garcia MD, Maya-Lastra CA, Montero-Castro JC, Godden GT, Cibrian-Jaramillo A, Fisher AE, Porter JM Front Plant Sci 15-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8554000
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.725900
PMID:34721456
A Systematic Review on Comparative Analysis, Toxicology, and Pharmacology of Medicinal Plants Against Haemonchus contortus Ali R, Rooman M, Mussarat S, Norin S, Ali S, Adnan M, Khan SN Front Pharmacol 10-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8141741
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.644027
PMID:34040520
Examining the utility of DNA barcodes for the identification of tallgrass prairie flora Herzog SA, Latvis M Appl Plant Sci 24-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7845766
doi:10.1002/aps3.11405
PMID:33552747
The evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone in catnip Lichman BR, Godden GT, Hamilton JP, Palmer L, Kamileen MO, Zhao D, Vaillancourt B, Wood JC, Sun M, Kinser TJ, Henry LK, Rodriguez-Lopez C, Dudareva N, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Buell CR, O’Connor SE Sci Adv 13-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7220310
doi:10.1126/sciadv.aba0721
PMID:32426505
Repeated and diverse losses of corolla bilateral symmetry in the Lamiaceae Zhong J, Preston JC, Hileman LC, Kellogg EA Ann Bot 01-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC5604593
doi:10.1093/aob/mcx012
PMID:28334152
Dispersal potential of a tidal river and colonization of a created tidal freshwater marsh Leck MA AoB Plants 21-Dec-2012
PMCID:PMC4104633
doi:10.1093/aobpla/pls050
Thyroidology over the ages Niazi AK, Kalra S, Irfan A, Islam A Indian J Endocrinol Metab 01-Jul-2011
PMCID:PMC3169859
doi:10.4103/2230-8210.83347
PMID:21966648
Plasticity in relative growth rate after a reduction in nitrogen availability is related to root morphological and physiological responses Useche A, Shipley B Ann Bot 16-Jul-2010
PMCID:PMC2944969
doi:10.1093/aob/mcq144
PMID:20639301
Interspecific correlates of plasticity in relative growth rate following a decrease in nitrogen availability Useche A, Shipley B Ann Bot 25-Nov-2009
PMCID:PMC2814757
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp284
PMID:19942581

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