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Cuphea viscosissima

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
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Internal ID UUID6440149388aba355644403
Scientific name Cuphea viscosissima
Authority Jacq.
First published in Hort. Bot. Vindob. 2: 83 (1773)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lythrum cuphea L.f. Suppl. Pl. : 249 (1782)
Melfona purpurea Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 103 (1838)
Cuphea albida Raf. New Fl. 2: 32 (1837)
Cuphea brownei Jacq. Hort. Bot. Vindob. 2: 83 (1773)
Cuphea petiolata (L.) Koehne Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 2(1-2): 173. 1881 [14 Jun 1881]
Parsonsia petiolata (L.) Rusby Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 231. 1894
Lythrum petiolatum L. Sp. Pl. : 446 (1753)

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Language Common/alternative name
English blue waxweed
Swedish indianbloss
Chinese 黏毛萼距花
Chinese 粘毛萼距花

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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
      • Ontario
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
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      • Indiana
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      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • 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

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000630537
UNII 59M0BL8DTA
Flora of Alabama 2581
Canadensys 6601
USDA Plants CUVI
Tropicos 19200265
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275458-2
The Plant List kew-2748538
Missouri Botanical Garden 282502
Open Tree Of Life 141426
NCBI Taxonomy 857185
Nature Serve 2.143954
IPNI 275458-2
iNaturalist 161259
GBIF 3188690
Freebase /m/03cntz7
EPPO CPHPE
EOL 488087
USDA GRIN 311255
Wikipedia Cuphea_viscosissima

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Machine learning model of the catalytic efficiency and substrate specificity of acyl-ACP thioesterase variants generated from natural and in vitro directed evolution Jing F, Chen K, Yandeau-Nelson MD, Nikolau BJ Front Bioeng Biotechnol 11-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11043601
doi:10.3389/fbioe.2024.1379121
PMID:38665811
Chromosome-level assembly and analysis of Camelina neglecta: a novel diploid model for Camelina biotechnology research Wang S, Blume RY, Zhou ZW, Lu S, Nazarenus TJ, Blume YB, Xie W, Cahoon EB, Chen LL, Guo L Biotechnol Biofuels Bioprod 31-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10829252
doi:10.1186/s13068-024-02466-9
PMID:38291537
The Genus Cuphea P. Browne as a Source of Biologically Active Phytochemicals for Pharmaceutical Application and Beyond—A Review Sobolewska D, Michalska K, Wróbel-Biedrawa D, Grabowska K, Owczarek-Januszkiewicz A, Olszewska MA, Podolak I Int J Mol Sci 01-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10095593
doi:10.3390/ijms24076614
PMID:37047590
Genetic Improvement of Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz: Opportunities and Challenges Ghidoli M, Ponzoni E, Araniti F, Miglio D, Pilu R Plants (Basel) 27-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9920110
doi:10.3390/plants12030570
PMID:36771654
Progress in understanding and improving oil content and quality in seeds Sagun JV, Yadav UP, Alonso AP Front Plant Sci 26-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9909563
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1116894
PMID:36778708
A toolkit for plant lipid engineering: Surveying the efficacies of lipogenic factors for accumulating specialty lipids Cai Y, Yu XH, Shanklin J Front Plant Sci 14-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9795026
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.1064176
PMID:36589075
Identification and Functional Characterization of Acyl-ACP Thioesterases B (GhFatBs) Responsible for Palmitic Acid Accumulation in Cotton Seeds Liu B, Sun Y, Wang X, Xue J, Wang J, Jia X, Li R Int J Mol Sci 24-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9659231
doi:10.3390/ijms232112805
PMID:36361594
Thioesterase enzyme families: Functions, structures, and mechanisms Caswell BT, de Carvalho CC, Nguyen H, Roy M, Nguyen T, Cantu DC Protein Sci 04-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8862431
doi:10.1002/pro.4263
PMID:34921469
Green Chemistry Production of Codlemone, the Sex Pheromone of the Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella), by Metabolic Engineering of the Oilseed Crop Camelina (Camelina sativa) Xia YH, Wang HL, Ding BJ, Svensson GP, Jarl-Sunesson C, Cahoon EB, Hofvander P, Löfstedt C J Chem Ecol 11-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8642345
doi:10.1007/s10886-021-01316-4
PMID:34762210
Metabolic Engineering a Model Oilseed Camelina sativa for the Sustainable Production of High-Value Designed Oils Yuan L, Li R Front Plant Sci 12-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7028685
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00011
PMID:32117362
Palm seed and fruit lipid composition: phylogenetic and ecological perspectives Guerin C, Serret J, Montúfar R, Vaissayre V, Bastos-Siqueira A, Durand-Gasselin T, Tregear J, Morcillo F, Dussert S Ann Bot 26-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC7080222
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz175
PMID:31665224
New Insights Into Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) FatA and FatB Thioesterases, Their Regulation, Structure and Distribution Aznar-Moreno JA, Sánchez R, Gidda SK, Martínez-Force E, Moreno-Pérez AJ, Venegas Calerón M, Garcés R, Mullen RT, Salas JJ Front Plant Sci 16-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6232763
doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.01496
PMID:30459777
Vanadium stimulates pepper plant growth and flowering, increases concentrations of amino acids, sugars and chlorophylls, and modifies nutrient concentrations García-Jiménez A, Trejo-Téllez LI, Guillén-Sánchez D, Gómez-Merino FC PLoS One 09-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6085002
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201908
PMID:30092079
Two distinct domains contribute to the substrate acyl chain length selectivity of plant acyl-ACP thioesterase Jing F, Zhao L, Yandeau-Nelson MD, Nikolau BJ Nat Commun 28-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5830452
doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03310-z
PMID:29491418
The pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) genome provides insights into fruit quality and ovule developmental biology Yuan Z, Fang Y, Zhang T, Fei Z, Han F, Liu C, Liu M, Xiao W, Zhang W, Wu S, Zhang M, Ju Y, Xu H, Dai H, Liu Y, Chen Y, Wang L, Zhou J, Guan D, Yan M, Xia Y, Huang X, Liu D, Wei H, Zheng H Plant Biotechnol J 22-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5999313
doi:10.1111/pbi.12875
PMID:29271050

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