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Circaea alpina

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
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Internal ID UUID644011486b857360187364
Scientific name Circaea alpina
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 9 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Regmus alpinus Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 328 (1867)
Carlostephania minor Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 660 (1899)
Circaea alpestris Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 214 (1866)
Circaea alpina var. aleutica Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 184 (1914)
Circaea alpina f. composita Lasch Linnaea 2: 446 1827
Circaea alpina var. fertilis Döll Rhein. Fl. 746 1843
Circaea alpina var. minor Schrad. Fl. Germ. 1: 204 1806
Circaea alpina f. ramosa Lasch Linnaea 2: 446 1827
Circaea alpina var. rosulata H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 10: 591 1934
Circaea alpina f. simplicissima Lasch Linnaea 2: 446 1827
Circaea caulescens var. glabra H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 10: 590 1934
Circaea caulescens f. ramosissima H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 10: 591 1934
Circaea cordifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. i. 26. 1812
Circaea decumbens Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 127. 1782
Circaea lutetiana var. alpestris Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 214 1866
Circaea lutetiana var. alpina (L.) Torr. Rep. Bot. Dept. Surv. N.Y. Assembly 50: 136 (1841)
Circaea lutetiana subsp. alpina (L.) H.Lév. Monde Pl. 7: 71 1898
Circaea minima Mill. Mant. Pl. 2: 316 (1771)
Circaea pacifica f. dentata H.Lév. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 22: 222 1912
Circaea caulescens var. rosulata H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 10: 591 1934
Ocimastrum minimum Rupr. Fl. Ingr. : 367 (1860)
Circaea lutetiana var. alpina (L.) H.Lév. Bull. Géogr. Bot. 22: 220. 1912
Circaea racemosa var. alpina (L.) Hill Brit. Fl. : 7 (1799)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English small enchanter's nightshade
English alpine enchanter’s-nightshade
English enchanter's nightshade
Czech čarovník prostřední
Czech čarovník alpský
Welsh llysiau-steffan y mynydd
German alpen-hexenkraut
German alpenhexenkraut
German gebirgs-hexenkraut
German gebirgshexenkraut
German kleines hexenkraut
Estonian nõiakold
Estonian harilik nõiakold
Finnish pikkuvelholehti
Finnish velholehti
French circée des alpes
Upper Sorbian mała kuzłarnička
Hungarian havasi varázslófű
Japanese ミヤマタニタデ
Lithuanian mažoji dantenė
Norwegian Bokmål trollurt
Dutch alpenheksenkruid
Polish czartawa drobna
Slovak čarovník alpínsky
Swedish dvärghäxört
Ukrainian Відьмине зілля низьке
Vietnamese quái quả núi cao
Chinese 高山露珠草
Chinese 狭叶露珠草

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Circaea alpina subsp. angustifolia (Hand.-Mazz.) Boufford Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 69: 910 (1982 publ. 1983)
Circaea alpina subsp. caulescens (Kom.) Tatew. Veg. Shikotan Is. 44. 1940 (1940)
Circaea alpina subsp. imaicola (Asch. & Magnus) Kitam. Fl. Afgh. 279. 1960 (1960)
Circaea alpina subsp. micrantha (A.K.Skvortsov) Boufford Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 69: 959 (1982 publ. 1983)
Circaea alpina subsp. pacifica (Asch. & Magnus) P.H.Raven Canad. J. Bot. 43: 1396 (1965)
Circaea alpina subsp. alpina Unknown

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Qinghai
      • Tibet
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
      • Taiwan
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Kamchatka
      • Khabarovsk
      • Kuril Islands
      • Magadan
      • Primorye
      • Sakhalin
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Turkey
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • North Dakota
      • 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
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • District Of Columbia
      • Kentucky
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Aleutian Islands
      • Northwest Territorie
      • Yukon
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000605592
Canadensys 6746
USDA Plants CIAL
Tropicos 23200006
INPN 91256
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:58893-2
The Plant List kew-2721778
Open Tree Of Life 843597
NCBI Taxonomy 22655
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003606
Nature Serve 2.139347
IPNI 58893-2
iNaturalist 76342
GBIF 3188797
WisFlora 3133
EPPO CJIAL
EOL 582811
Elurikkus 3750
Calflora (Californian flora) 9806
Wikipedia Circaea_alpina

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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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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Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions Brunbjerg AK, Fløjgaard C, Frøslev TG, Andersen DK, Bruun HH, Dalby L, Goldberg I, Lehmann LJ, Moeslund JE, Ejrnæs R Ecol Evol 01-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9627074
doi:10.1002/ece3.9445
PMID:36340817
Different temporal trends in vascular plant and bryophyte communities along elevational gradients over four decades Becker‐Scarpitta A, Auberson‐Lavoie D, Aussenac R, Vellend M Ecol Evol 22-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9395318
doi:10.1002/ece3.9102
PMID:36016818
Vegetation Classification and Distribution Patterns in the South Slope of Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Nature Reserve, Eastern Himalayas Wu PP, Wang Z, Jia NX, Dong SQ, Qu XY, Qiao XG, Liu CC, Guo K Plants (Basel) 28-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9105001
doi:10.3390/plants11091194
PMID:35567195
Environmental variables drive plant species composition and distribution in the moist temperate forests of Northwestern Himalaya, Pakistan Rahman IU, Hart RE, Ijaz F, Afzal A, Iqbal Z, Calixto ES, Abd_Allah EF, Alqarawi AA, Hashem A, Al-Arjani AB, Kausar R, Haq SM PLoS One 24-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8870539
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0260687
PMID:35202409
Comparative Analysis of Complete Chloroplast Genomes of 13 Species in Epilobium, Circaea, and Chamaenerion and Insights Into Phylogenetic Relationships of Onagraceae Luo Y, He J, Lyu R, Xiao J, Li W, Yao M, Pei L, Cheng J, Li J, Xie L Front Genet 04-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8600051
doi:10.3389/fgene.2021.730495
PMID:34804117
Sheltering Role of Well-Decayed Conifer Logs for Forest Floor Fungi in Long-Term Polluted Boreal Forests Mikryukov VS, Dulya OV, Bergman IE, Lihodeevskiy GA, Loginova AD, Tedersoo L Front Microbiol 06-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8527098
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.729244
PMID:34690970
Seed bank characteristics in a Pinus densata forest and its relationship with vegetation diversity in Southeast Tibet, China Lu J, Li Z, Gao T, Tang X Ecol Evol 20-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7487222
doi:10.1002/ece3.6603
PMID:32953056
Relationships between Tertiary relict and circumboreal woodland floras: a case study in Chimaphila (Ericaceae) Liu ZW, Zhou J, Peng H, Freudenstein JV, Milne RI Ann Bot 10-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC6589512
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz018
PMID:30852591
A regional assessment of white-tailed deer effects on plant invasion Averill KM, Mortensen DA, Smithwick EA, Kalisz S, McShea WJ, Bourg NA, Parker JD, Royo AA, Abrams MD, Apsley DK, Blossey B, Boucher DH, Caraher KL, DiTommaso A, Johnson SE, Masson R, Nuzzo VA AoB Plants 07-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC5761582
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plx047
PMID:29340133
Correction: Long-Term Regional Shifts in Plant Community Composition Are Largely Explained by Local Deer Impact Experiments Frerker K, Sabo A, Waller D PLoS One 13-Sep-2017
PMCID:PMC5597238
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185037
PMID:28902901
Comparing the Influence of Wildfire and Prescribed Burns on Watershed Nitrogen Biogeochemistry Using 15N Natural Abundance in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystem Components Stephan K, Kavanagh KL, Koyama A PLoS One 17-Apr-2015
PMCID:PMC4401779
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119560
PMID:25885257
Long-Term Regional Shifts in Plant Community Composition Are Largely Explained by Local Deer Impact Experiments Frerker K, Sabo A, Waller D PLoS One 31-Dec-2014
PMCID:PMC4281217
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115843
PMID:25551827
Multiple origins of circumboreal taxa in Pyrola (Ericaceae), a group with a Tertiary relict distribution Liu ZW, Jolles DD, Zhou J, Peng H, Milne RI Ann Bot 17-Oct-2014
PMCID:PMC4649697
doi:10.1093/aob/mcu198
PMID:25326138
The timetable for allopolyploidy in flowering plants Levin DA Ann Bot 21-Aug-2013
PMCID:PMC3806526
doi:10.1093/aob/mct194
PMID:23965616
Plant Diversity Changes during the Postglacial in East Asia: Insights from Forest Refugia on Halla Volcano, Jeju Island Dolezal J, Altman J, Kopecky M, Cerny T, Janecek S, Bartos M, Petrik P, Srutek M, Leps J, Song JS PLoS One 16-Mar-2012
PMCID:PMC3306376
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033065
PMID:22438890

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