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Internal ID UUID644007c585d20205251025
Scientific name Agalinis purpurea
Authority (L.) Pennell
First published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 424 (1913)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Agalinis palustris Raf. New Fl. [Rafinesque] ii. 62 (1836).
Agalinis purpurea f. albiflora House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 55. 1923
Agalinis purpurea var. carteri Pennell Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 81: 169 (1929)
Agalinis purpurea f. kucyniakii B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 94: 645. 1967
Agalinis purpurea subsp. parviflora (Benth.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Taxon 31(2): 354 (1982):.
Aureolaria intermedia (Porter ex A.Gray) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 20: 189 (1918 publ. 1919)
Aureolaria purpurea (L.) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 20: 189 (1918 publ. 1919)
Aureolaria purpurea var. intermedia (Porter) Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 9: 276 (1925)
Gerardia fasciculata f. albiflora E.J.Palmer Rhodora 55: 159. 1953
Gerardia fasciculata f. peninsularis Pennell Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 641. 1935
Gerardia intermedia Porter ex A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 293 (1878)
Gerardia paupercula f. albiflora Vict. & J.Rousseau Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 51. 1940
Gerardia purpurea L. Sp. Pl. 2: 610. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Gerardia purpurea f. albiflora (Vict. & J.Rousseau) Scoggan Fl. Canada 1: 52 (1978)
Gerardia purpurea var. carteri Pennell Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 1: 439 (1935)
Gerardia purpurea var. crassifolia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 422 (1813)
Gerardia purpurea var. grandiflora Benth. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 208 (1836)
Gerardia purpurea var. parviflora Benth. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 208 (1836)
Gerardia purpurea subsp. parvula Pennell Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 62: 572 (1910)
Gerardia purpurea var. paupercula A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 293 (1878)

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English purple false foxglove

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Agalinis purpurea var. chiapasana Pennell Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 81: 169 (1929)
Agalinis purpurea var. parviflora (Benth.) Boivin Phytologia 22: 337 (1972)
Agalinis purpurea var. purpurea Unknown

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Southeast
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Western Canada
      • Manitoba

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000522825
Florida Plant Atlas 3488
Flora of Alabama 3422
Canadensys 6962
USDA Plants AGPU5
Tropicos 29200006
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:6209-2
The Plant List kew-2625104
Open Tree Of Life 131876
NCBI Taxonomy 374692
Nature Serve 2.138944
IPNI 6209-2
iNaturalist 158068
GBIF 3171284
Freebase /m/0_fnbkt
WisFlora 2447
EPPO AAGPU
EOL 579111
USDA GRIN 449958
Wikipedia Agalinis_purpurea

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_056902755.1 ASM5690275v1 Scaffold Iridian Genomes 2026-04-26 60 800.45 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
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
Molecular dissection of haustorium development in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants Furuta KM, Xiang L, Cui S, Yoshida S Plant Physiol 30-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8260117
doi:10.1093/plphys/kiab153
PMID:33783524
Common Mechanisms of Developmental Reprogramming in Plants—Lessons From Regeneration, Symbiosis, and Parasitism Ichihashi Y, Hakoyama T, Iwase A, Shirasu K, Sugimoto K, Hayashi M Front Plant Sci 16-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7378864
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.01084
PMID:32765565
Induced cell fate transitions at multiple cell layers configure haustorium development in parasitic plants Wakatake T, Yoshida S, Shirasu K Development 23-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6078332
doi:10.1242/dev.164848
PMID:29950390
Local Auxin Biosynthesis Mediated by a YUCCA Flavin Monooxygenase Regulates Haustorium Development in the Parasitic Plant Phtheirospermum japonicum Ishida JK, Wakatake T, Yoshida S, Takebayashi Y, Kasahara H, Wafula E, dePamphilis CW, Namba S, Shirasu K Plant Cell 06-Jul-2016
PMCID:PMC5006708
doi:10.1105/tpc.16.00310
PMID:27385817
Haustorial Hairs Are Specialized Root Hairs That Support Parasitism in the Facultative Parasitic Plant Phtheirospermum japonicum Cui S, Wakatake T, Hashimoto K, Saucet SB, Toyooka K, Yoshida S, Shirasu K Plant Physiol 28-Dec-2015
PMCID:PMC4775136
doi:10.1104/pp.15.01786
PMID:26712864
Apoplastic interactions between plants and plant root intruders Mitsumasu K, Seto Y, Yoshida S Front Plant Sci 14-Aug-2015
PMCID:PMC4536382
doi:10.3389/fpls.2015.00617
PMID:26322059
Phylogenetic patterns and conservation among North American members of the genus Agalinis (Orobanchaceae) Pettengill JB, Neel MC BMC Evol Biol 26-Sep-2008
PMCID:PMC2564944
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-264
PMID:18822144
Pscroph, a parasitic plant EST database enriched for parasite associated transcripts Torres MJ, Tomilov AA, Tomilova N, Reagan RL, Yoder JI BMC Plant Biol 16-Nov-2005
PMCID:PMC1325228
doi:10.1186/1471-2229-5-24
PMID:16288663
Localized Hormone Fluxes and Early Haustorium Development in the Hemiparasitic Plant Triphysaria versicolor Tomilov AA, Tomilova NB, Abdallah I, Yoder JI Plant Physiol 01-Jul-2005
PMCID:PMC1176418
doi:10.1104/pp.104.057836
PMID:15965023
Section-level relationships of North American Agalinis (Orobanchaceae) based on DNA sequence analysis of three chloroplast gene regions Neel MC, Cummings MP BMC Evol Biol 08-Jun-2004
PMCID:PMC446187
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-4-15
PMID:15186507
An haustoria inducer for the root parasite Agalinis purpurea John C. Steffens, David G. Lynn, James L. Riopel Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81682-9
Transcriptional Responses in the Hemiparasitic Plant Triphysaria versicolor to Host Plant Signals Matvienko M, Torres MJ, Yoder JI Plant Physiol 01-Sep-2001
PMCID:PMC117983
doi:10.1104/pp.127.1.272
PMID:11553755
Expansin Message Regulation in Parasitic Angiosperms: Marking Time in Development O'Malley RC, Lynn DG Plant Cell 01-Aug-2000
PMCID:PMC149115
doi:10.1105/tpc.12.8.1455
PMID:10948262
Flavonoids Promote Haustoria Formation in the Root Parasite Triphysaria versicolor Albrecht H, Yoder JI, Phillips DA Plant Physiol 01-Feb-1999
PMCID:PMC32135
doi:10.1104/pp.119.2.585
PMID:9952454

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
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(3S,4S,4aS,6aR,6bS,8aR,9R,12aS,14aR,14bR)-4-(hydroxymethyl)-4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicene-3,9-diol 162848132 Click to see CC1(CC2C3=CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CCC2(C(C1)O)C)C)C)(C)CO)O)C)C 458.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81682-9
CID 429190 429190 Click to see CC1(CC2C3=CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CCC2(C(C1)O)C)C)C)(C)CO)O)C)C 458.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81682-9
Soyasapogenol B 115012 Click to see CC1(CC2C3=CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CCC2(C(C1)O)C)C)C)(C)CO)O)C)C 458.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81682-9

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