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Paris quadrifolia

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Paris quadrifolia, known as herb Paris or true lover's knot, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae, found across temperate and cool Eurasia from Spain to Yakutia and from Iceland to Mongolia, favoring calcareous soils in damp, shady woodland and stream banks. It grows 25 to 40 centimeters tall, usually with four leaves in opposing pairs, though three to eight may occur, and flowers from June to July with a solitary bloom of four narrow greenish petals, eight golden-yellow stamens and a purple to red ovary. It produces at most one blueberry-like berry containing around 33.6 seeds; the berry and other tissues contain the toxic compound solanine, though poisonings are rare because of the fruit's repulsive taste. The IUCN lists the species as Least Concern, though it is declining in parts of Europe from habitat loss. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial and Freshwater 1
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 2
Scientific Name
Paris quadrifolia 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Magnoliopsida, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Paris quadrifolia

In Biome

River, Biomes
Source Paris quadrifolia (Wikipedia)
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Austria

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Bulgaria

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Denmark

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Finland

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France

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Germany

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Greece

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Hungary

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Iceland

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Italy

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Kazakhstan

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Manchuria

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Mongolia

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Netherlands

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Norway

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Poland

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Romania

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Spain

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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Ukraine

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Sources
1. Paris quadrifolia (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • Introduction
    Paris quadrifolia, the herb Paris or true lover's knot, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It occurs in temperate and cool areas throughout Eurasia, from Spain to Yakutia, and from Iceland to Mongolia.
  • Wikidata Q119135 (P225 taxon name)
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 405141
    Paris quadrifolia, the herb Paris or true lover's knot, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae.
  • In Biome: River, Lead
    It prefers calcareous soils and lives in damp and shady places, especially old established woods and stream banks.
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2. Plants For A Future: Paris quadrifolia
Plants For A FutureMedicinal Uses
Quote, Medicinal Uses
The seeds and the berries have something of the nature of opium, they have been used as an aphrodisiac.
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Liliales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12394
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12394
"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Liliales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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Wikidata: Paris quadrifolia
Child Taxon Of: Magnoliopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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