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|accepted_name=Jeffersonia diphylla
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Persoon
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syn. Pl.
|place=1: 418. 1805
|year=1805
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|common_names=Twinleaf;rheumatism-root
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Podophyllum diphyllum
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Berberidaceae;Jeffersonia;Jeffersonia diphylla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Berberidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Jeffersonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Jeffersonia diphylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="petiole size;petiole orientation;petiole some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole slender, erect, 9-25 cm at anthesis, maturing to 18-43 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf-blade architecture;between leaflets apiculation size"><b>Leaf-</b>blade 2-foliolate, often with minute apiculation between leaflets;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaflet length;leaflet width;lobe life cycle;lobe life cycle;lobe length;lobe width;lobe shape;lobe shape;lobe shape">leaflets 1.2-4 × 0.6-2.5 cm at anthesis, maturing to 6-13 × 3-7 cm, lobes rounded to acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="scape some measurement;scape height"><b>Scapes </b>9-33 cm, frequently taller than petioles at anthesis.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal length;sepal width"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals elliptic to obovate, 7-15 × 4-6 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petal coloration;petal shape;petal shape;petal shape;petal length;petal width">petals white, elliptic to obovate, 11-22 × 9-12 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="stamen some measurement">stamens 6-12 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="filament some measurement">filaments 2-3 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="anther length;anther width">anthers 4-9 × 1-1.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ovary length;ovary width">ovaries 6-11 × 3-7 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="fruit length;fruit width;fruit texture;fruit orientation;lid position"><b>Fruits </b>18-38 × 8-17 mm, leathery, opening transversely, apical quarter resembling lid, becoming reflexed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="seed shape;seed length;seed width"><b>Seeds </b>oblong, 4-7 × 2 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="">aril laciniate, attached at adaxial side of hilum.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="aril shape;aril fixation;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early spring; fruiting spring.
|habitat=Rich moist woods to semiopen rocky slopes and outcrops, usually over limestone or other calcareous rocks
|elevation=100-800 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Plants of Jeffersonia diphylla were used medicinally by Native Americans for treatment of dropsy, gravel and urinary ailments, and for gall and diarrhea, and in poultices for sores and ulcers (D. E. Moermann 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Jeffersonia diphylla
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Persoon
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Podophyllum diphyllum
|family=Berberidaceae
|phenology=Flowering early spring; fruiting spring.
|habitat=Rich moist woods to semiopen rocky slopes and outcrops, usually over limestone or other calcareous rocks
|elevation=100-800 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syn. Pl.
|publication year=1805
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_1012.xml
|genus=Jeffersonia
|species=Jeffersonia diphylla
|2n chromosome quantity=12
|anther length=4mm;9mm
|anther width=1mm;1.5mm
|aril fixation=attached
|aril shape=laciniate
|between leaflets apiculation size=minute
|filament some measurement=2mm;3mm
|fruit length=18mm;38mm
|fruit orientation=reflexed
|fruit texture=leathery
|fruit width=8mm;17mm
|leaf-blade architecture=2-foliolate
|leaflet length=1.2cm;4cm
|leaflet width=0.6cm;2.5cm
|lid position=apical
|lobe length=6cm;13cm
|lobe life cycle=maturing;anthesis
|lobe shape=rounded;acute
|lobe width=3cm;7cm
|ovary length=6mm;11mm
|ovary width=3mm;7mm
|petal coloration=white
|petal length=11mm;22mm
|petal shape=elliptic;obovate
|petal width=9mm;12mm
|petiole orientation=erect
|petiole size=slender
|petiole some measurement=9cm;25cm
|scape height=frequently taller
|scape some measurement=9cm;33cm
|seed length=4mm;7mm
|seed shape=oblong
|seed width=2
|sepal length=7mm;15mm
|sepal shape=elliptic;obovate
|sepal width=4mm;6mm
|stamen some measurement=6mm;12mm
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