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Taxon:  Hedera helix L.



Summary
Genus:
Hedera
Family:
Araliaceae
Subfamily:
Aralioideae
Nomen number:
300252
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:202. 1753
Verified:
09/29/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Hedera helix L. f. poetarum (Nyman) McAll. & A. Rutherf. (0 active accession[s])
Hedera helix L. subsp. helix (0 active accession[s])
Hedera helix L. subsp. rhizomatifera McAll. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Ackerfield, J. 2001. Trichome morphology in Hedera (Araliaceae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 58:259-267.
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Allan, H. H. B. et al. Flora of New Zealand. 1961- http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
  4. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
  5. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 Note: poisonous
  6. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  7. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  8. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  9. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
  10. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Hedera+helix&quantity=1
  11. Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. Flora of Victoria. 1993-
  12. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. World checklist and bibliography of Araliaceae. 2004 http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
  13. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  14. Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001
  15. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  16. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  17. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. 2004 http://www.gobcan.es/cmayot/interreg/atlantico/documentos/LESDCanarias.pdf
  18. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 Note: poisonous
  19. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  20. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984
  21. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 Note: poisonous
  22. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  23. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  24. Meyer, F. G. et al. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. 1994
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  30. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Common names
English
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German
Efeu –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia (n.), Georgia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, ******, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Economic Uses
Environmental
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann; Cooper & Johnson ed2) –


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