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Details for: NA 88172,
Kalmia latifolia
L., NCBG-668
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Kalmia latifolia
L.
Top Name:
NCBG-668
Origin:
Collected – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
17 Dec 2019
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
30 count
WLP 644 2019w01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Kalmia latifolia
L.
Top Name:
NCBG-668
Origin:
Collected – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
17 Dec 2019
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
17 December 2019.
North Carolina, United States
Donor(s):
Bureau of Land Management, SOS project
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Accession Names and Identifiers
NCBG-668
Type: Collector identifier
source lot
North Carolina Botanical Garden
W6 57583
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS
WLP 644
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum
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.
Other conspecific taxa
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
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
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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ACCNUMBERD:
Changed W6 57583 to WLP 644. 17 May 2021.
ACCNUMBERD:
Changed WLP 644 to NA 88172. 13 Jan 2025.
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