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Internal ID UUID644018c5067c8365270724
Scientific name Echeveria elegans
Authority Rose
First published in N. Amer. Fl. 22: 22 (1905)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Echeveria albicans E.Walther Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 30: 147 (1958)
Echeveria elegans var. kesselringiana Poelln. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 239 (1936)
Echeveria perelegans A.Berger Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 18a: 474. 1930

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Language Common/alternative name
English mexican snow ball
Arabic ساق العروس
Arabic إشفيرية أنيقة
Bulgarian грациозна ешеверия
Bulgarian елегантна ешеверия
Czech pupovice ozdobná
Persian ساق عروس
Persian ساقعروس
Russian Эхеверия изящная
Chinese 星影
Chinese 月影
Chinese 墨西哥雪球

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Echeveria elegans var. hernandonis E.Walther Echeveria : 99 (1972)
Echeveria elegans var. simulans Poelln. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 239 (1936)
Echeveria elegans var. tuxpanensis E.Walther Echeveria 101. 1972

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southwest

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000659736
Tropicos 8901644
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:86934-2
The Plant List kew-2781134
Open Tree Of Life 5503333
Observations.org 432781
NCBI Taxonomy 1478275
IPNI 86934-2
iNaturalist 206749
GBIF 7334640
Freebase /m/065_p97
Elurikkus 4471
USDA GRIN 410642
Wikipedia Echeveria_elegans

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_035048345.1 ASM3504834v1 Scaffold Iridian Genomes 2024-01-03 60 446.78 Mb

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Plant-Assisted Green Synthesis of MgO Nanoparticles as a Sustainable Material for Bone Regeneration: Spectroscopic Properties Proniewicz E, Vijayan AM, Surma O, Szkudlarek A, Molenda M Int J Mol Sci 11-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11050608
doi:10.3390/ijms25084242
PMID:38673825
Medicinal Plants Used for Eye Conditions in Mexico—A Review Salazar-Gómez A, Velo-Silvestre AA, Alonso-Castro AJ, Hernández-Zimbrón LF Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 09-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10610470
doi:10.3390/ph16101432
PMID:37895904
Prospects and perspectives: inferring physiological and regulatory targets for CAM from molecular and modelling approaches Chomthong M, Griffiths H Ann Bot 24-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10799989
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad142
PMID:37742290
A comprehensive dataset on cultivated and spontaneously growing vascular plants in urban gardens Frey D, Moretti M Data Brief 23-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6545399
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103982
PMID:31194048
The network of plants volatile organic compounds Vivaldo G, Masi E, Taiti C, Caldarelli G, Mancuso S Sci Rep 08-Sep-2017
PMCID:PMC5591229
doi:10.1038/s41598-017-10975-x
PMID:28887468
Factors affecting efficient in vitro micropropagation of Muscari muscarimi Medikus using twin bulb scale Ozel CA, Khawar KM, Unal F Saudi J Biol Sci 19-Sep-2014
PMCID:PMC4336438
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2014.09.007
PMID:25737643
Ethnoveterinary medicines used for horses in Trinidad and in British Columbia, Canada Lans C, Turner N, Brauer G, Lourenco G, Georges K J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 07-Aug-2006
PMCID:PMC1559680
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-31
PMID:16893454
The Rapid Isolation of Vacuoles from Leaves of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Plants Kringstad R, Kenyon WH, Black CC Jr Plant Physiol 01-Sep-1980
PMCID:PMC440638
doi:10.1104/pp.66.3.379
PMID:16661440

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