Glossopetalon spinescens: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)1) Glossopetalon spinescens A. Gray 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: Forsellesia spinescens (A. Gray) Greene, Forsellesia spinescens Greene) (after the Swedish Jacob Henric af Forselles, 1785–1855, mining engineer.
References regarding Glossopetalon spinescens A. Gray for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge (1853)
· Erythea (1893)
2) Glossopetalon spinescens A. Gray var. aridum M.E. Jones is another plant having the following synonyms: Forsellesia arida (M.E. Jones) A. Heller, Forsellesia arida A. Heller, Forsellesia nevadensis A. Heller, Forsellesia nevadensis (A. Gray) Greene, Forsellesia nevadensis Greene, Forsellesia stipulifera (H. St. John) Ensign, Glossopetalon nevadense A. Gray, Glossopetalon nevadense A. Gray var. stipuliferum (H. St. John) C.L. Hitchc., Glossopetalon stipuliferum H. St. John.
References regarding Glossopetalon spinescens A. Gray var. aridum M.E. Jones for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge (1853)
· Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1876)
· Erythea (1893)
· Contributions to Western Botany (1898)
· Catalogue of North American Plants North of Mexico (1900)
· Fl. S.-E. Washington (1937)
· American Midland Naturalist (1942)
· Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. (1961)
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