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Potentilla alba

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID64403e9c3107a927005076
Scientific name Potentilla alba
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 498 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Trichothalamus albus Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 16: 370 (1868)
Fragariastrum album (L.) Schur Sert. Fl. Transsilv. : 23 (1853)
Dasiphora alba (L.) Raf. Autik. Bot. : 168 (1840)
Potentilla nitida Scop. Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 362 (1771)
Potentilla cordata Schrank Prim. Fl. Salisb. : 130 (1792)
Potentilla caulescens Moench Supplementum ad methodum plantas ; 1802 280 1802
Fragaria alba (L.) Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. ii. 19; ed. II. 78.
Potentilla alba f. obovata (Th.Wolf) Diklić Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 35: 19 (1980)
Potentilla alba f. parvifolia Waisb. Phan. Köszeg : 64 (1891)
Potentilla alba f. platyphylla Th.Wolf Potentillen-Stud. 2: 8 (1903)
Potentilla alba f. reducta Vidal Scrin. Fl. Select. 15: 378 (1896)
Potentilla alba f. stenophylla Th.Wolf Potentillen-Stud. 2: 8 (1903)
Potentilla alba var. obovata Th.Wolf Potentillen-Stud. 2: 8 (1903)
Potentilla alba unranked splendens Poir. Encycl. 5: 596 (1804)

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Language Common/alternative name
English white cinquefoil
Azerbaijani ağ qaytarma
Belarusian дуброўка белая
Czech mochna bílá
German weißes fingerkraut
Upper Sorbian běły porstnik
Polish pięciornik biały
Russian Лапчатка белая
Slovak nátržník biely
Swedish vit fingerört
Turkish beyaz beşparmak otu
Ukrainian Перстач білий

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

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  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • Krym
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000985785
USDA Plants POAL26
Tropicos 27802363
INPN 115395
Flora of Italy 2063
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:324728-2
The Plant List rjp-1305
Missouri Botanical Garden 286515
Open Tree Of Life 305286
Observations.org 120846
NCBI Taxonomy 654612
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200002951
IPNI 324728-2
iNaturalist 204388
GBIF 5367987
EPPO PTLAL
EOL 301003
Elurikkus 6539
USDA GRIN 466777
Wikipedia Potentilla_alba

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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
Plant cultural indicators of forest resources from the Himalayan high mountains: implications for improving agricultural resilience, subsistence, and forest restoration Haq SM, Khoja AA, Waheed M, Pieroni A, Siddiqui MH, Bussmann RW J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 24-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11040985
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00685-w
PMID:38659048
Phytochemical Profiling of Extracts from Rare Potentilla Species and Evaluation of Their Anticancer Potential Augustynowicz D, Lemieszek MK, Strawa JW, Wiater A, Tomczyk M Int J Mol Sci 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10002591
doi:10.3390/ijms24054836
PMID:36902263
Medicinal Plants Used Traditionally for Skin Related Problems in the South Balkan and East Mediterranean Region—A Review Tsioutsiou EE, Amountzias V, Vontzalidou A, Dina E, Stevanović ZD, Cheilari A, Aligiannis N Front Pharmacol 05-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9294246
doi:10.3389/fphar.2022.936047
PMID:35865952
Emerging therapeutic role of Prunella vulgaris in thyroid disease Zhang W, Wuhan Q, Na M, Hu R, Mu Q, Bao X Chin Herb Med 24-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9476742
doi:10.1016/j.chmed.2021.12.005
PMID:36118009
Correction: Loredo Varela, R.C.; Fail, J. Host Plant Association and Distribution of the Onion Thrips, Thrips tabaci Cryptic Species Complex. Insects 2022, 13, 298 Loredo Varela RC, Fail J Insects 07-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143062
doi:10.3390/insects13050442
PMID:35621825
Host Plant Association and Distribution of the Onion Thrips, Thrips tabaci Cryptic Species Complex Loredo Varela RC, Fail J Insects 17-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8952806
doi:10.3390/insects13030298
PMID:35323598
Breeding of medicinal and essential oil crops in VILAR: achievements and prospects Korotkikh IN, Baleev DN, Morozov AI, Mizina PG, Sidelnikov NI Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii 01-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8765772
doi:10.18699/VJ21.048
PMID:35088015
Effects of a new thyrotropic drug isolated from Potentilla alba on the male reproductive system of rats and offspring development Krepkova LV, Bortnikova VV, Babenko AN, Mizina PG, Mkhitarov VA, Job KM, Sherwin CM, Enioutina EY BMC Complement Med Ther 13-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7807504
doi:10.1186/s12906-020-03184-z
PMID:33441114
Biological Activities of Natural Products Ekiert HM, Szopa A Molecules 07-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7730830
doi:10.3390/molecules25235769
PMID:33297511
Evolution of the adaptogenic concept from traditional use to medical systems: Pharmacology of stress‐ and aging‐related diseases Panossian AG, Efferth T, Shikov AN, Pozharitskaya ON, Kuchta K, Mukherjee PK, Banerjee S, Heinrich M, Wu W, Guo D, Wagner H Med Res Rev 25-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7756641
doi:10.1002/med.21743
PMID:33103257
Potentilla alba Extracts Affect the Viability and Proliferation of Non-Cancerous and Cancerous Colon Human Epithelial Cells Kowalik K, Paduch R, Strawa JW, Wiater A, Wlizło K, Waśko A, Wertel I, Pawłowska A, Tomczykowa M, Tomczyk M Molecules 06-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7411782
doi:10.3390/molecules25133080
PMID:32640760
Roots and Leaf Extracts of Dipsacus fullonum L. and Their Biological Activities Oszmiański J, Wojdyło A, Juszczyk P, Nowicka P Plants (Basel) 08-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC7020454
doi:10.3390/plants9010078
PMID:31936189
Data on different seed harvesting methods used in grassland restoration on ex-arable land Albert ÁJ, Mudrák O, Jongepierová I, Fajmon K, Frei I, Ševčíková M, Klimešová J, Doležal J Data Brief 24-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6557757
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104011
PMID:31198828
Habitat requirements of endangered species in a former coppice of high conservation value Roleček J, Vild O, Sladký J, Řepka R 02-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC6166777
doi:10.1007/s12224-016-9276-6
PMID:30283231
Networks of plants: how to measure similarity in vegetable species Vivaldo G, Masi E, Pandolfi C, Mancuso S, Caldarelli G Sci Rep 07-Jun-2016
PMCID:PMC4895227
doi:10.1038/srep27077
PMID:27271207

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