Orthilia
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| Orthilia secunda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Tribe: | Pyroleae |
| Genus: | Orthilia |
| Species: | O. secunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Orthilia secunda (L.) House |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pyrola secunda |
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Orthilia secunda is a flowering plant of the genus Orthilia in the family Ericaceae. It is the only member of the genus.[1] [2] [3] Its common name is sidebells wintergreen and it was previously part of genus Pyrola, the wintergreens.
The plant has a circumboreal distribution, growing throughout much of the northern Northern Hemisphere.
[edit] References
- ^ "Orthilia secunda L.". PLANTS Profile. United States Department of Agriculture; Natural Resources Conservation Service. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ORSE. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ^ "Orthilia secunda L.". GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Germplasm Resources Information Network. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33001. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ^ Pojar, Jim; Andy MacKinnon (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Lone Pine Publishing. pp. 70. ISBN 1-55105-042-0.
[edit] External links
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