Chionographis

Chionographis
Chionographis japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Chionographis
Maximowicz
Type species
Chionographis japonica
(Willd.) Maxim.

Chionographis is a genus of plants in the Melanthiaceae first described as a genus in 1867.[1][2] This genus is native to China, Japan, and Korea.[3][4]

Chionographis species are perennial flowering plants that grow from rhizomes. They produce a basal rosette of evergreen leaves, from the center of which emerges a flowering scape. The scape produces a spike of many small white flowers. The flowers are zygomorphic in shape, and when perfect have six tepals, one pistil, and six stamens. However, not all individuals have perfect flowers. Many populations feature gynodioecy,[5] and more rarely, androdioecy.[6] They are native to China, Japan, and Korea, and typically grow in moist places in the temperate forests' understory.[7]

species[4]
  1. Chionographis chinensis K.Krause - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan
  2. Chionographis hisauchiana (Okuyama) N.Tanaka - Japan
  3. Chionographis japonica (Willd.) Maxim. - Japan, Jeju-do
  4. Chionographis koidzumiana Ohwi - Japan
  5. Chionographis merrilliana H.Hara - Guangdong, Guangxi
  6. Chionographis shiwandashanensis Y.Feng Huang & R.H.Jiang - Guangxi

References

  1. ↑ Maximowicz, Carl Johann. 1867. Bulletin de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg 11: 435 in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos Chionographis Maxim.
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 1 2 Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 88 白丝草属 bai si cao shu Chionographis Maximowicz, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg. 11: 435. 1867.
  5. ↑ Masayuki Maki and Michiko Masuda (1993). "Spatial Autocorrelation of Genotypes in a Gynodioecious Population of Chionographis japonica var. Kurohimensis (Liliaceae)". International Journal of Plant Sciences 154 (4): 467–472. doi:10.1086/297130. JSTOR 2995623.
  6. ↑ Hiroshi Hara (1968). The Journal of Japanese Botany 43 (9): 257–268. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ Noriyuki Tanaka (2003). "New Status and Combinations for Japanese Taxa of Chionographis (Melanthiaceae)". Novon 13 (2): 212–215. doi:10.2307/3393523. JSTOR 3393523.

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