Alphonso Wood

American botanist (1810-1881).

Alphonso Wood (1810 – January 4, 1881) was an American botanist and theology instructor. He was the author of several works on botany that were popularly used as instructional texts in the 19th century.

Abbreviations: Alph.Wood
Occupations: botanist
Citizenships: United States
Dates: 1810-09-17T00:00:00Z – 1881-01-04T00:00:00Z
Birth place: New Hampshire
Direct attributions: 42 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 57 plants, 0 fungi

42 plants attributed, 15 plants contributed to57 plants:

Sarracenia alata (Yellow Trumpet) (Alph.Wood) Alph.Wood 1863
perennial plant species in the sarraceniaceae family
Sarracenia alata, also known as yellow trumpets, pale pitcher plant or pale trumpet, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Specifically, S. alata is an endemic species to North America; it is native to the southeastern regions of the United States, including parts of the Gulf Coast states.
Cyperus echinatus (Globe Flatsedge) (L.) Alph.Wood 1861
perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
Cyperus echinatus, commonly called globe flatsedge, is a species of plant in the sedge family. It is native to much of the eastern United States, primarily in the lower Mississippi Valley and the lowland plain east of the southern Appalachians, with scattered populations in Florida and as far north as Wisconsin and the Adirondacks. Additional isolated populations occur in southern Mexico. It is found in a variety of sunny, often mesic habitats.
Cardamine diphylla (Crinkleroot) (Michx.) Alph.Wood 1870
perennial plant species in the brassicaceae family
Cardamine diphylla (broadleaf toothwort, crinkle root, crinkle-root, crinkleroot, pepper root, twin-leaved toothwort, twoleaf toothwort, toothwort) is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a spring flowering woodland plant that is native to eastern North America.
Allium sanbornii (Sanborn's Onion) Alph.Wood 1868
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
Allium sanbornii is a North American species of wild onion known by the common name Sanborn's onion. It is native to northern California and southwestern Oregon. It grows in the serpentine soils of the southern Cascade Range and northern Sierra Nevada foothills. Allium sanbornii produces a reddish-brown bulb up to about 2.5 cm (1 in) long. Scape up to 60 cm (24 in) long, bearing a single cylindrical leaf which is about the same length. The umbel contains as many as 150 small flowers, each with tepals less than a centimeter long, pink to white with darker red midveins. Anthers are yellow or
Didiplis diandra (Waterpurslane) (Nutt. ex DC.) Alph.Wood 1870
plant species in the lythraceae family
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Dichelostemma capitatum (Blue Dicks) (Benth.) Alph.Wood 1868
plant species in the asparagaceae family
Dipterostemon is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae. Its only species is Dipterostemon capitatus, synonym Dichelostemma capitatum, known by the common names blue dicks, wild hyacinth, purplehead and brodiaea (alternately spelled brodiea and brodeia), native to the Western United States (particularly Arizona, California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico) and northwest Mexico.
Ctenium aromaticum (Toothache Grass) (Walter) Alph.Wood 1861
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Ctenium aromaticum is a species of grass known by the common name toothache grass. It is native to the southeastern United States, where it grows on the coastal plain. This is a perennial grass that forms clumps of stems reaching 1 to 1.5 meters (3 ft 3 in to 4 ft 11 in) in maximum height. The leaves are up to 46 centimeters (18 in) long. The inflorescence is a panicle with one branch that is up to 15 centimeters (5.9 in) long and lined on one side with two rows of spikelets. Each spikelet is roughly 1 centimeter (0.39 in) long. It is not known whether or not the grass was ever used as a
Carex prairea (Prairie Sedge) Dewey ex Alph.Wood 1861
perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
Carex prairea, common name prairie sedge, is a species of Carex native to North America. It is a perennial, tussock-forming plant in the Cyperaceae family
Valerianella umbilicata (Navel-shape Cornsalad) (Sull.) Alph.Wood 1861
annual plant species in the caprifoliaceae family
Valeriana umbilicata (synonym Valerianella umbilicata), known by the common name navel cornsalad. It is a dicot, annual plant in the flowering plant family Caprifoliaceae. It is native to the Eastern North America and some parts of Canada and has no known uses other than being edible.
Calochortus pulchellus (Mount Diablo Fairy-lantern) (Benth.) Alph.Wood 1868
plant species in the liliaceae family
Calochortus pulchellus is a rare species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common name Mt. Diablo fairy-lantern or Mount Diablo globelily. Calochortus pulchellus is endemic to California, where it is mainly restricted to Mount Diablo of the Diablo Range, in Contra Costa County of the eastern San Francisco Bay Area. There are historical occurrences in the North California Coast Ranges, within Marin, Solano, Napa, and Humboldt Counties. It grows in chaparral and woodland habitats, currently only known on the bayside−western slopes of Mount Diablo.
Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Poverty Dropseed) (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood 1861
annual plant species in the poaceae family
Sporobolus vaginiflorus is a species of grass known by the common names poverty grass, poverty dropseed, and sheathed dropseed.
Smilax maritima Feay ex Alph.Wood 1861
plant species in the smilacaceae family
Smilax maritima is a North American species of plants native to the south-eastern United States from Texas to North Carolina.
Schoenolirion croceum (Yellow Sunnybell) (Michx.) Alph.Wood 1870
plant species in the asparagaceae family
Schoenolirion croceum, known by the common names yellow sunnybell, sunnybells and swamp candle, is a species of flowering plant in the Agave subfamily. It is native to the Southeastern United States from Texas to North Carolina. It is found on moist rock outcrops, in wet pinelands and in habitats that are very wet in the spring but dry in the summer. In middle Tennessee, it is found in fen-like areas in cedar glades, fed by spring water. Further south, it inhabits wet pine savannas and bogs. It produces yellow flowers in the spring.
Eragrostis trichodes (Sand Love Grass) (Nutt.) Alph.Wood 1861
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Eragrostis trichodes, the sand lovegrass, is a warm season perennial bunchgrass native to North America.
Calochortus weedii (Weed's Mariposa Lily) Alph.Wood 1868
plant species in the liliaceae family
Calochortus weedii is a North American species of flowering plants in the lily family known by the common name Weed's mariposa lily. It is native to the Outer Southern California Coast Ranges and the Transverse Ranges in Southern California, and the Peninsular Ranges in Southern California and Baja California. It is a member of the chaparral flora. Most of the California locales occur between Santa Barbara County and San Diego County, but there is a report of an isolated population along Salmon Creek in southern Monterey County.
Calochortus umbellatus (Oakland Mariposa Lily) Alph.Wood 1868
plant species in the liliaceae family
Calochortus umbellatus is a flowering plant in the lily family found only in California in the United States. The common name for this species is Oakland mariposa lily or Oakland star-tulip.
Rumex altissimus (Pale Dock) Alph.Wood 1853
perennial plant species in the polygonaceae family
Rumex altissimus, the pale dock, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to southern Ontario, the United States east of the Rockies (except Montana and North Dakota), and northern Mexico. A perennial of rich wet to mesic soils, and reaching 4 ft (1.2 m) with yellowish-green to green flowers, it is wind-pollinated.
Paronychia canadensis (Smooth Forked Nailwort) (L.) Alph.Wood 1861
annual plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
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Helenium brevifolium (Shortleaf Sneezeweed) (Nutt.) Alph.Wood 1870
plant species in the asteraceae family
Helenium brevifolium is a North American perennial plant in the sunflower family, commonly known as shortleaf sneezeweed. It is native to the southeastern United States, from Virginia to eastern Louisiana and inland as far as Tennessee. Helenium brevifolium is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 10 flower heads, in branching arrays. The head is spherical or hemispherical, with sometimes as many as 800 disc florets, each floret yellow near the base but purple or brown or yellow towards the tip. There are also 9-24 yellow ray florets. The species
Croton lindheimeri (Lindheimer's Doveweed) (Engelm. & A.Gray) Alph.Wood 1861
annual plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
Croton lindheimeri is a species of goatweed in the genus Croton.
Calochortus elegans var. nanus (Dwarf Cat's-ear) Alph.Wood 1868
plant variety in the liliaceae family
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Apium carsonii (Durand ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood 1870
plant species in the apiaceae family
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Grindelia nuda (Curlytop Gumweed) Alph.Wood 1878
annual plant species in the asteraceae family
Grindelia squarrosa, also known as a curly-top gumweed or curlycup gumweed, is a small North American biennial or short-lived perennial plant.
Veronica scutellaria Alph.Wood 1861
plant species in the plantaginaceae family
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Scleria pauciflora var. glabra Alph.Wood 1871
plant variety in the cyperaceae family
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Scleria pauciflora var. caroliniana (Carolina Nutrush) Alph.Wood 1871
perennial plant variety in the cyperaceae family
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Ranunculus parishii var. fluviatilis Alph.Wood 1861
plant variety
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Poa flexuosa var. scariosa Alph.Wood 1861
plant variety in the poaceae family
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Paspalum setaceum var. longepedunculatum (Leconte) Alph.Wood 1861
perennial plant variety in the poaceae family
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Paspalum laeve var. undulosum (Leconte) Alph.Wood 1861
plant variety in the poaceae family
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