Pyrola americana

Pyrola americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Pyroloideae
Genus: Pyrola
Species:

Name

Pyrola americana G.Don, Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2. 341 (1830).

Synonyms

  • Pyrola asarifolia subsp. americana (G.Don) Krísa
  • Pyrola obovata Bertol.
  • Pyrola rotundifolia var. americana (Sweet) Fern.
  • Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. americana (Sweet) R.T.Clausen

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Northern America
      • USA (Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia), Canada (Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Quebec)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: American wintergreen
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