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mayapples
Podophyllum
Podophyllum is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Berberidaceae, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. In the past, several species were included in the genus, but all but one have been transferred to other genera (Dysosma, Pilea, and Sinopodophyllum). The one remaining species is Podophyllum peltatum, with common names mayapple, American mandrake, wild mandrake, and ground lemon. It is widespread across most of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
mayapple
speciesPodophyllum peltatum
Himalayan Mayapple
speciesPodophyllum hexandrum
Chinese Mayapple
speciesPodophyllum versipelle
Podophyllum tsayuense
speciesPodophyllum tsayuense
Delavay's Chinese Mayapple
speciesPodophyllum delavayi
Deformed Leaf Mayapple
speciesPodophyllum difforme
Asian Mayapple
speciesPodophyllum aurantiocaule
Podophyllum emeiense
speciesPodophyllum emeiense
Podophyllum guangxiense
speciesPodophyllum guangxiense
Podophyllum hemsleyi
speciesPodophyllum hemsleyi
Podophyllum glaucescens
speciesPodophyllum glaucescens
Podophyllum trilobulum
speciesPodophyllum trilobulum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49290.