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Details for: NA 61268,
Kalmia latifolia
L., NA 61268
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Kalmia latifolia
L.
Top Name:
NA 61268
Origin:
Collected – Virginia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Kalmia latifolia
L.
Top Name:
NA 61268
Origin:
Collected – Virginia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
26 September 1989.
Virginia, United States
Locality:
Virginia, George Washington National Forest, road to Shep Pond
Environment description:
deciduous woodland
Collector(s):
Garvey, Edward J., USDA, ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 61268
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum
GU 110
Type: Other or unclassified name
Narrative
Kalmia latifolia
L.
Genus:
Kalmia
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Ericoideae
Tribe:
Phyllodoceae
Nomen number:
21115
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:391. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/15/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Kalmia latifolia
L. f.
latifolia
Kalmia latifolia
L. var.
latifolia
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Kalmia latifolia
L. f.
myrtifolia
(Bosse) K. Koch
Kalmia latifolia
L. var.
myrtifolia
Bosse
Common names
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Name
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note
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Citation
English
calico-bush
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
mountain-laurel
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
spoonwood
1
Luteyn, J. L. et al.
1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:114.
Swedish
bredbladig kalmia
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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