New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Hepatica

By Steven D. Glenn

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 02/06/2013

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Nomenclature

Hepatica Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754.

This genus is placed within Anemone by some authors, see Flora N. Amer. 3:139-140. 1997.

Key to the species of Hepatica

1. Leaf lobes obtuse...Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa

1. Leaf lobes acute...Hepatica nobilis var. acuta

List of Hepatica Species

Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa Hepatica nobilis var. acuta

References to Hepatica

  • Baskin, J. M.; Baskin, C. C. 1985. Epicotyl dormancy in seeds of Cimicifuga racemosa and Hepatica acutiloba. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 112: 253-257.
  • Bernhardt, P. 1976. The pollination ecology of Hepatica acutiloba DC. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 103: 255-258.
  • Handel, S. N.; Fisch, S. B.; Schatz, G. E. 1981. Ants disperse a majority of herbs in a mesic forest community in New York State. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 108: 430-437.
  • Smith, G. H. 1927. Vascular anatomy of Ranalian flowers, - I. Ranunculaceae. Bot. Gaz. 82: 1-29.