Panax trifolius

Panax trifolius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Araliaceae
Subfamilia: Aralioideae
Genus: Panax
Species: Panax trifolius

Name

Panax trifolius L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Aralia trifolia (L.) Decne. & Planch., Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 3: 105 (1854).
  • Ginseng trifolium (L.) Alph.Wood, Amer. Bot. Fl.: 142 (1872).
• Heterotypic
  • Aralia triphylla Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 418 (1810).
  • Panax pusillus Sims, Bot. Mag. 33: t. 1334 (1810).
  • Panax lanceolatus Raf., New Fl. 4: 57 (1838).
  • Panax trifolius var. roseus N.Coleman, Cat. Fl. Pl. S. Pen. Michigan: 17 (1874).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Panax trifolius Continental: Northern America Connecticut; Delaware; Georgia; Indiana; Kentucky; Maine; Maryland; Masachusettes; Michigan; Minnesota; New Brunswick; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Nova Scotia; Ohio; Ontario; Pennsylvania; Prince Edward I.; Qubec; Rhode I.; Tennessee; Vermont; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1059. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Panax trifolius in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Panax trifolius. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Panax trifolius. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 23 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Panax trifolius in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 23.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Panax trifolius. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Nov. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Panax trifolius in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: dwarf ginseng

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