Andromeda polifolia: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Andromeda polifolia L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Andromeda glaucophylla Link, Andromeda glaucophylla var. iodandra Fernald, Andromeda polifolia subsp. glaucophylla (Link) Hultén, Andromeda polifolia var. concolor B. Boivin, Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla (Link) DC., Andromeda polifolia var. jamesiana (Lepage) Boivin, Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia.

References regarding Andromeda polifolia L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera (1821)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1839)
· Rhodora (1916)
· Acta Universitatis Lundensis
· Flora of Alaska and Yukon
· Taxon (1990)
· Journal of Ecology (1998)

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