Orthilia

Orthilia
Orthilia secunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Tribe: Pyroleae
Genus: Orthilia
Species: O. secunda
Binomial name
Orthilia secunda
(L.) House
Synonyms

Pyrola secunda

Orthilia secunda is a flowering plant of the genus Orthilia in the family Ericaceae. It is the only member of the genus.[1] [2] [3] Its common name is sidebells wintergreen and it was previously part of genus Pyrola, the wintergreens.

The plant has a circumboreal distribution, growing throughout much of the northern Northern Hemisphere.

References

  1. ^ "Orthilia secunda L.". PLANTS Profile. United States Department of Agriculture; Natural Resources Conservation Service. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ORSE. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  2. ^ "Orthilia secunda L.". GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Germplasm Resources Information Network. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33001. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  3. ^ Pojar, Jim; Andy MacKinnon (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Lone Pine Publishing. pp. 70. ISBN 1-55105-042-0. 

External links

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