Asarum

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Asarum L.: Taponlehdet Ararabacca Wild Ginger Asarette (Quebec)
Asarum, Biota of North America Program (query database) [BONAP]
Asarum, Den Virtuella Floran [DVF]
Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) ; [GNSP]

Foodplants for Luehdorfia puziloi

Asarum europaeum L.

Taponlehti Asarabacca Hasselört
Asarum europaum ; [RK, 63]

1077x807 (~219Kb) Finland, Mänttä, Joenniemi, 21.6.2006 (cultivated), Photo © Harri Arkkio

Section Euasarum A. Br.

Wild Ginger Gingembre Sauvage (Quebec)
Euasarum A. Br.; [GMB, 563]

Asarum canadense L.

Asarum canadense ; [GMBOT, 352]; [GMB, 563]

A. c. var. reflexum (Bicknell) Robinson

Asarum reflexum Bicknell
Asarum canadense var. reflexum ; [GMBOT, 352]; [GMB, 563]

A. c. var. acuminatum (Bicknell) Ashe

Asarum acuminataum Bicknell
Asarum canadense var. acuminatum ; [GMBOT, 352]; [GMB, 563]

A. c. var. ambiguum (Bicknell) Farw.

Asarum ambiguum (Bicknell); Daniels
Asarum canadense var. ambiguum ; [GMB, 563]

Section ?

Asarum caudatum Lindl.

Wild Ginger
Asarum caudatum ; [FPN, 78]

1000x904 (~154Kb) USA: on side of Centralia-Alpha Rd (~ 46°37N 122°45W), Lewis Co., WA, 23.3.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

1200x1098 (~139Kb) USA: on side of Centralia-Alpha Rd (~ 46°37N 122°45W), Lewis Co., WA, 23.3.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

Section Ceratasarum A. Br.

Heartleaf
Hexastylis Raf.
Ceratasarum A. Br.; [GMB, 564]

Asarum virginicum L.

Asarum minus Ashe
Asarum heterophyllum Ashe
Hexastylis virginica Small.
Asarum heterophyllum ; [GMBOT, 352]
Asarum virginicum ; [GMBOT, 352]; [GMB, 564]

Asarum memmingeri Ashe

Asarum Memmingeri ; [GMBOT, 352]; [GMB, 564]

Asarum shuttleworthii Britten

Asarum grandiflorum Small
Asarum macranthum (Shuttlew.); Small
Asarum grandiflorum ; [GMBOT, 352]
Asarum Shuttleworthii ; [GMB, 564]

Asarum lewisii Fern.

Asarum Lewisii ; [GMB, 564]

Asarum arifolium Michx.

Hexastylis arifolium (Michx.); Small.
Asarum arifolium ; [GMBOT, 352]; [GMB, 564]

Asarum ruthii Ashe

arifolium f. ruthii (Ashe)
Asarum arifolium f. ruthii ; [GMBOT, 352]
Asarum ruthii ; [GMB, 564]

The ? species-group

Asarum sieboldii

Foodplant for Luehdorfia chinensis, L. puziloi, L. puziloi

Asarum forbesii

Foodplant for Luehdorfia chinensis

10.7.2005 (11)

References:

[BONAP]: A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program
[DVF]: Den Virtuella floran; http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/welcome.html; Ett projekt vid Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden).; Even for non-Swedish speaker, the distribution maps on species are nice (map buttons "Norden" and "Norra halvklotet")
[FPN]: Hitchcock & Cronquist, 1998; Flora of the Pacific Northwest (11th ed.); ISBN 0-295-95273-3
[GMB]: Fernald, 1970; Gray's Manual of Botany (8th edition); A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada
[GMBOT]: Robinson, Benjamin L., Fernald, Merrit Lyndon, 1908; Gray's New Manual of Botany (7th edition); A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada; American Book Company
[GNSP]: Wielgorskaya, 1995; Dictionary of generic names of seed plants
[Harri Arkkio]: Finland; For the time being these pictures are only for this site. Other usage not allowed.
[RK]: Hämet-Ahti, L., Suominen, J., Ulvinen, T. & Uotila, P. (eds), 1998; Retkeilykasvio (Field Flora of Finland); Ed. 4. 656 pp.; Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museum. Helsinki

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