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Rohdea

Rohdea is a genus of plants native to eastern Asia. It was long thought to contain only a single species, R. japonica, but recent studies have resulted in several other taxa being transferred into the genus.

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Rohdea
Rohdea japonica
1806 illustration1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Convallarioideae
Genus: Rohdea
Roth
Synonyms2
  • Titragyne Salisb.
  • Tilcusta Raf.
  • Campylandra Baker
  • Gonioscypha Baker

Rohdea is a genus of plants native to eastern Asia (China, Japan, the Himalayas and Indochina).2 It was long thought to contain only a single species, R. japonica,3 but recent studies have resulted in several other taxa being transferred into the genus.45

In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Convallarioideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae6). It has also been placed in the former family Convallariaceae.

Although sometimes misspelled as Rhodea, the genus was actually named after Michael Rohde (1782-1812), a botanist from Bremen.7

Species

Accepted species238

  • Rohdea chinensis (Baker) N.Tanaka - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan
  • Rohdea chlorantha (Baill.) N.Tanaka - Sichuan
  • Rohdea delavayi (Franch.) N.Tanaka - Tibet, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan
  • Rohdea emeiensis (Z.Y.Zhu) N.Tanaka - Sichuan
  • Rohdea ensifolia (F.T.Wang & Tang) N.Tanaka - Yunnan
  • Rohdea eucomoides (Baker) N.Tanaka - Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar
  • Rohdea japonica (Thunb.) Roth - Japan, Korea, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang
  • Rohdea jinshanensis (Z.L.Yang & X.G.Luo) N.Tanaka - Sichuan
  • Rohdea lichuanensis (Y.K.Yang, J.K.Wu & D.T.Peng) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Hubei
  • Rohdea longipedunculata (F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang) N.Tanaka - Yunnan
  • Rohdea nepalensis (Raf.) N.Tanaka - Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Sichuan, Yunnan
  • Rohdea pachynema (F.T.Wang & Tang) N.Tanaka - Sichuan, Yunnan
  • Rohdea siamensis (Yamashita & M.N.Tamura) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Laos, Thailand
  • Rohdea tonkinensis (Baill.) N.Tanaka - Vietnam, Yunnan, Guangdong
  • Rohdea urotepala Hand.-Mazz. - Sichuan, Yunnan
  • Rohdea verruculosa (Q.H.Chen) N.Tanaka - Yunnan, Guizhou
  • Rohdea wattii (C.B.Clarke) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Vietnam, Assam, Bhutan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
References

References

  1. Curtis's botanical magazine vol. 23 tabl. 898, (http://www.botanicus.org/page/482623), John Sims (1749-1831)
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 239, 万年青属 wan nian qing shu, Rohdea Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 196. 1821.
  4. Tanaka, N. (2010). A taxonomic revision of the genus Rohdea (Asparagaceae). Makinoa , n.s., 9: 1-54.
  5. Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
  7. Umberto Quattrocchi CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology; Volume IV R-Z (2000), p. 2329, at Google Books
  8. Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 235, 开口箭属 kai kou jian shu, Campylandra Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 582. 1875.