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Hedera colchica

Hedera colchica (K. Koch) K. Koch

persian ivy

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: HECO20
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hedera colchica
Include in WOTAS: 0
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Last Modified: 2020-01-01

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: HEDER
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Hedera
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Ivy
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of 5-15 species, vines, distributed from Mediterranean Europe west to e. Asia.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: The leaves of Hedera are dimorphic, sometimes confusing observers; juvenile leaves (those of the sterile branches) are about as wide as long and (in H. helix) palmately 3-5-lobed, those of the fertile branches (less commonly seen) are obovate or elliptic.
GENUS REFERENCES: Green, Ramsey, & Ramsey (2011)= R; Graham (1966)=Y; Stace (2010)=Z; Staff of the Bailey Hortorium (1976)=X; Ackerfield & Wen (2002)=Q; Frodin & Govaerts (2003)=V.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: ARALIA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Araliaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Ginseng Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 47 genera and 1325 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and rarely herbs, mainly tropical in distribution. Hydrocotyle is more closely related to Araliaceae than to Apiaceae, and is transferred here (Nicolas & Plunkett 2009; Chandler & Plunkett 2003).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Frodin & Govaerts (2003); Graham (1966); Smith (1944).

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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
3699 1991-0394 View

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6003 3699 199 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: HECO20
USDA Common Name: Colchis Ivy
Native Status: L48 (I)
Distribution: USA (AZ, NC, OR, SC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Vine

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hedera colchica
COMMON NAME: Persian Ivy
SYNONYMY: [= K, Q, R, V, X, Z]
PHENOLOGY:
HABITAT: Persistent after cultivation, perhaps not naturalized; native of the Caucasus.
COMMENTS: H. colchica is octoploid, n=96.
RANGE MAP: Hedera colchica.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Araliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Ginseng Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 47 genera and 1325 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and rarely herbs, mainly tropical in distribution. Hydrocotyle is more closely related to Araliaceae than to Apiaceae, and is transferred here (Nicolas & Plunkett 2009; Chandler & Plunkett 2003).
REFERENCE: Frodin & Govaerts (2003); Graham (1966); Smith (1944).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Hedera L. (Ivy)
SUMMARY: A genus of 5-15 species, vines, distributed from Mediterranean Europe west to e. Asia.
REFERENCE: Green, Ramsey, & Ramsey (2011)= R; Graham (1966)=Y; Stace (2010)=Z; Staff of the Bailey Hortorium (1976)=X; Ackerfield & Wen (2002)=Q; Frodin & Govaerts (2003)=V.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Hedera colchica in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Hedera colchica in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Hedera colchica in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Hedera colchica in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Hedera colchica in the Flora of North America (if available)
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