Medeola virginiana

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Internal ID UUID64401d500810d566578895
Scientific name Medeola virginiana
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 339 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Medeola virginica Christm. Vollst. Pflanzensyst. 6: 389 (1790)
Medeola verticillifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 325 (1812)
Gyromia acuminata Raf. Autik. Bot. 125. 1840
Gyromia cuneata Raf. Autik. Bot. 125. 1840
Gyromia virginica (Christm.) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 1: 238. 1818 [14 Jul 1818]
Gyromia virginica var. picta Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 1: 238. 1818 [14 Jul 1818]

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Language Common/alternative name
English indian cucumber
English indian cucumber root
German indianer-schlangenwurzel
French medeole de virginie
French médéole de virginie
Armenian մեդեոլա

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Expose seeds to natural outdoor winter conditions for 3 months, then gradually increase light and temperature in the spring.
Pulpy Coat Inhibits Germination: Seeds with a pulpy or fleshy outer coat need to have this material removed by soaking and rinsing in clean water daily for about a week. The inhibitory substances in the pulp are thus washed away, and germination rates improve.
Sow seeds immediately as their viability decreases rapidly, or they best germinate when fresh. If stored, seeds might need temperature cycling and patience to germinate.
hydrophilic

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

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000695055
Florida Plant Atlas 3563
Flora of Alabama 4487
Canadensys 6538
USDA Plants MEVI
Tropicos 18400289
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328550-2
The Plant List kew-281771
Missouri Botanical Garden 281790
Open Tree Of Life 833033
NCBI Taxonomy 4694
Nature Serve 2.138440
IPNI 328550-2
iNaturalist 54924
GBIF 2750658
Freebase /m/02x65fq
WisFlora 8639
EOL 1004057
USDA GRIN 456465

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Effects of Rhododendron removal and prescribed fire on bees and plants in the southern Appalachians Ulyshen M, Elliott K, Scott J, Horn S, Clinton P, Liu N, Miniat CF, Caldwell P, Oishi C, Knoepp J, Bolstad P Ecol Evol 01-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8888263
doi:10.1002/ece3.8677
PMID:35261754
Floristic Changes in the Understory Vegetation of Mixed Temperate New England Freshwater Island Forests over a Period of 33 Years Holland MM, Winkler M Plants (Basel) 18-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7698944
doi:10.3390/plants9111600
PMID:33218069
Threshold Effects of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Understory Plant Communities at Forested Sites in the Eastern United States McDonnell TC, Reinds GJ, Wamelink GW, Goedhart PW, Posch M, Sullivan TJ, Clark CM Environ Pollut 11-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC8218460
doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114351
PMID:32443221
Soil chemistry, and not short-term (1–2 year) deer exclusion, explains understory plant occupancy in forests affected by acid deposition Begley-Miller DR, Diefenbach DR, McDill ME, Drohan PJ, Rosenberry CS, Just Domoto EH AoB Plants 09-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6799995
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plz044
PMID:31649810
Ungulate browsers promote herbaceous layer diversity in logged temperate forests Faison EK, DeStefano S, Foster DR, Motzkin G, Rapp JM Ecol Evol 12-Jun-2016
PMCID:PMC4931004
doi:10.1002/ece3.2223
PMID:27386099
Genome Wide Transcriptional Profile Analysis of Vitis amurensis and Vitis vinifera in Response to Cold Stress Xin H, Zhu W, Wang L, Xiang Y, Fang L, Li J, Sun X, Wang N, Londo JP, Li S PLoS One 13-Mar-2013
PMCID:PMC3596283
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058740
PMID:23516547
Nephroprotective drugs from traditionally used Aboriginal medicinal plants Ghayur MN, Janssen LJ Kidney Int 01-Mar-2010
PMCID:PMC5047757
doi:10.1038/ki.2009.507
PMID:20150946

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