PLANTS Profile for Galanthus elwesii (giant snowdrop)

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PLANTS Profile

Galanthus elwesii Hook. f.
giant snowdrop

Symbol:

GAEL5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Galanthus elewesii

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Images:
Galanthus elwesii Hook. f.

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Synonyms:
Galanthus elwesii Hook. f.

GAEL3

Galanthus elewesii Hook. f., database artifact

giant snowdrop

Distribution:
Galanthus elwesii Hook. f.


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USA (NY, OH, PA)

Related Taxa:
Galanthus elwesii Hook. f.

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 2 species in Galanthus

Classification:
Galanthus elwesii Hook. f.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Galanthus L. – snowdrop
Species	Galanthus elwesii Hook. f. – giant snowdrop

Introduced Information:
Galanthus elwesii Hook. f.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Galanthus elwesii Hook. f.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 12:49 PM CDT