Heloniopsis

Heloniopsis
Heloniopsis orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Heloniopsis
A.Gray
Type species
Heloniopsis pauciflora
A.Gray
Synonyms[1]

Heloniopsis is a genus of plants in the Melanthiaceae, first described as a genus in 1859.[2][3] It is native to east Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Sakhalin Island in Russia).[1][4]

Species[1]
  1. Heloniopsis kawanoi (Koidz.) Honda - Nansei-shoto
  2. Heloniopsis koreana Fuse, N.S.Lee & M.N.Tamura - Korea
  3. Heloniopsis leucantha (Koidz.) Honda - Nansei-shoto
  4. Heloniopsis orientalis (Thunb.) Tanaka - Korea, Sakhalin, Japan
  5. Heloniopsis tubiflora Fuse, N.S.Lee & M.N.Tamura - Korea
  6. Heloniopsis umbellata Baker - Taiwan
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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Gray, Asa. 1858. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 6: 416 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  3. Tropicos, Heloniopsis A. Gray
  4. Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 87 胡麻花属 hu ma hua shu Heloniopsis A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, ser. 2. 6: 416. 1858.

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