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Heuchera americana

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID64404dfb29758196176751
Scientific name Heuchera americana
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 226 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Heuchera cortusa Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 171 (1803)
Heuchera lucida Schlecht. Index Seminum (HAL, Halensis) 1848: 8 (1848)
Heuchera portula Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 171 (1803)
Heuchera viscida Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 187 (1813)
Heuchera curtisii Torr. & A.Gray ex A.Gray Amer. J. Sci. Arts 42: 15 (1842)
Heuchera calycosa Small Fl. S.E. U.S. : 504 (1903)
Heuchera lancipetala Rydb. in Britton Man. Fl. N. States : 482 (1901)
Heuchera scapigera Moench Methodus : 674 (1794)
Heuchera americana var. brevipetala Rosend., Butters & Lakela Minnesota Stud. Pl. Sci. 2: 57 (1936)
Heuchera americana var. calycosa (Small) Rosend., Butters & Lakela Minnesota Stud. Pl. Sci. 2: 58 (1936)
Heuchera americana var. heteradenia Fernald Rhodora 44: 400 (1942)
Heuchera americana var. subtruncata Fernald Rhodora 44: 401 (1942)
Heuchera americana var. typica Rosend., Butters & Lakela Minnesota Stud. Pl. Sci. 2: 55 (1936)
Heuchera curtisii var. crenata Rydb. in Britton Man. Fl. N. States : 482 (1901)

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Language Common/alternative name
English american alumroot
Arabic هوشرية أمريكية
Belarusian гейхера амерыканская
Danish amerikansk alunrod
Polish Żurawka amerykańska
Chinese 美洲矾根

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Heuchera americana var. hirsuticaulis (Wheelock) Rosend., Butters & Lakela Minnesota Stud. Pl. Sci. 2: 60 (1936)
Heuchera americana var. americana Unknown
Heuchera americana var. hispida (Pursh) E.F.Wells Rhodora 81: 576. 1979

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

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Missouri
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Michigan
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • West Virginia
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
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      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001135392
UNII QT3CY66P2Z
Flora of Alabama 3383
Canadensys 9234
USDA Plants HEAM6
Tropicos 29100129
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:791302-1
The Plant List tro-29100129
Missouri Botanical Garden 286871
Open Tree Of Life 883164
NCBI Taxonomy 100307
Nature Serve 2.146641
IPNI 791302-1
iNaturalist 127487
GBIF 3032665
Freebase /m/02ptpfp
EPPO HCHAM
EOL 595768
USDA GRIN 456995
Wikipedia Heuchera_americana

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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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Method for selecting ornamental species for different shading intensity in urban green spaces Francini A, Toscano S, Ferrante A, Romano D Front Plant Sci 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10582628
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1271341
PMID:37860234
Do traits of plant species predict the efficacy of species distribution models for finding new occurrences? McCune JL, Rosner‐Katz H, Bennett JR, Schuster R, Kharouba HM Ecol Evol 12-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7297770
doi:10.1002/ece3.6254
PMID:32551077
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
Floral organ MADS-box genes in Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Cercidiphyllaceae): Implications for systematic evolution and bracts definition Jin Y, Wang Y, Zhang D, Shen X, Liu W, Chen F PLoS One 31-May-2017
PMCID:PMC5451075
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0178382
PMID:28562649
Predicting plant attractiveness to pollinators with passive crowdsourcing Bahlai CA, Landis DA R Soc Open Sci 01-Jun-2016
PMCID:PMC4929897
doi:10.1098/rsos.150677
PMID:27429762
Veterinary Herbal Medicine: A Systems-Based Approach Wynn SG, Fougère BJ Veterinary Herbal Medicine 01-Jan-2007
PMCID:PMC7151902
doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-02998-8.50024-X
Floral Meristem Identity Genes Are Expressed during Tendril Development in Grapevine Calonje M, Cubas P, Martínez-Zapater JM, Carmona MJ Plant Physiol 01-Jul-2004
PMCID:PMC519065
doi:10.1104/pp.104.040832
PMID:15247405

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