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Convallaria
Sign in to saveConvallaria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as lily-of-the-valley. It includes three species native to temperate Eurasia and the east-central United States. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Convallaria keiskei || southeastern Siberia, Japan, Korea, northern, central, and southeastern China, Mongolia, and Myanmar |- |120px ||Convallaria majalis – lily-of-the-valley|| Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, and central Siberia |- |120px ||Convallaria pseudomajalis – American lily-of-the-valley; || east-central United States (southern Appalachians f
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Convallaria is a genus of plants within the family Asparagaceae. It belongs to the order Asparagales, class Liliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus is part of the subfamily Convallarioideae. Its common name is lily of the valley, and it is also referred to as Solomon's plume.
The genus has been introduced to various locations, including Alabama, Altay, Arkansas, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Kansas, Labrador, and Maine. Specimens have been recorded in the United States, China, Sweden, Switzerland, and Canada. The taxon is not extinct.
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Species
Solomon's plume
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsparagaceae
Verbreitungskarte von Convallaria: 1. Convallaria majalis L., 2. Convallaria keiskei, 3. Convallaria pseudomajalis Die Pflanzengattung Convallaria gehört zur Unterfamilie Nolinoideae innerhalb der Familie der Spargelgewächse (Asparagaceae). Die etwa drei Arten sind in den gemäßigten Breiten der Nordhalbkugel weit verbreitet.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 138
- With media
- 86
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Collections
- MSC, US, KSTC, UPS, ANSP, NO
- Recorded in
- United States, China, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, Korea, Democratic Peoples Republic Of, India
Research
299 papers- [Convallaria spp].Chudoku kenkyu : Chudoku Kenkyukai jun kikanshi = The Japanese journal of toxicology · 2014
- Lily toxicity in the cat.Topics in companion animal medicine · 2010
- Convallaria Majalis.The Southern medical record · 1884
- Convallaria Majalis.The Southern medical record · 1885
- Adonis sp., Convallaria sp., Strophanthus sp., Thevetia sp., and Leonurus sp. - Cardiotonic Plants with Known Traditional Use and a Few Preclinical and Clinical Studies.Current pharmaceutical design · 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Convallarioideae
- Image
- Convallaria-majalis-flowers.JPG
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- Commons category
- Convallaria
- taxon name
- Convallaria
- topic's main category
- Category:Convallaria
- taxon common name
- šmarnica
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Encyclopedic overview
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Convallaria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as lily-of-the-valley. It includes three species native to temperate Eurasia and the east-central United States. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Convallaria keiskei || southeastern Siberia, Japan, Korea, northern, central, and southeastern China, Mongolia, and Myanmar |- |120px ||Convallaria majalis – lily-of-the-valley|| Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, and central Siberia |- |120px ||Convallaria pseudomajalis – American lily-of-the-valley; || east-central United States (southern Appalachians from West Virginia to Georgia) |- |}
The generic name means valley in Botanical Latin, in reference to the plant's natural geographical habitat.
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