Heloniopsis

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