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Sharp-lobed Liverleaf (Hepatica acutiloba DC.)

Also known as sharp-lobed hepatica, sharplobe hepatica; also classified as Anemone acutiloba (DC.) G.Lawson, Hepatica americana var. acuta (Pursh) Mabuchi & J.Massey, Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyerm.

Some authorities including POWO, treat this as a variety of roundleaf liverleaf (Hepatica americana), and some authorities, including BONAP, lump both of these taxa in with the European common hepatica (Hepatica nobilis) as a single species. We treat all three as separate, in line with FSUS, FNA, and Go Botany.

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This map is based on our research. We have checked its accuracy to Level 3 ecoregions. Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.

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We prefer the common name "sharp-lobed liverleaf" over "sharp-lobed hepatica" because "hepatica" references a scientific genus, and common names corresponding exactly to scientific names can become confusing if plants are later reclassified. "Liverleaf" is the typical common name of the Hepatica genus, so the translation makes sense.

Some sources use common names including the name "liverwort" to refer to this species. We recommend against the use of this term because it more frequently is used to refer to the division Marchantiophyta of non-vascular land plants.