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Chimaphila - Pipsissewa
by Steven Clemants
Not peer reviewed
Last modified: 01/11/2005
Nomenclature
Chimaphila Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 279, 300. 1814. TYPE: Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh, type selected by Britton & Brown (1913).
Pipseva Raf., Autik. Bot. 105. 1840, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). Pserva Raf. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 390. 1891. TYPE: Pipseva officinalis Raf. (=Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Barton).
Key to the species of Chimaphila
1. Leaves acuminate, with white veins...Chimaphila
maculata
1. Leaves acute, without white veins...Chimaphila umbellata