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Chrysosplenium pilosum

Chrysosplenium pilosum, the hairy golden saxifrage, is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family. It was first described by Karl Maximovich in 1859.

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Chrysosplenium pilosum
Chrysosplenium pilosum var. sphaerospermum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Chrysosplenium
Species:
C. pilosum
Binomial name
Chrysosplenium pilosum

Chrysosplenium pilosum, the hairy golden saxifrage,1 is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family.2 It was first described by Karl Maximovich in 1859.23

It is a perennial species, and the fruit is a capsule.4

Infraspecifics

It has a 7 infraspecifics, some with numerous synonyms.2

Accepted name Basionym
Chrysosplenium pilosum var. aureobracteatum (Y.I.Kim & Y.D.Kim) M.Kim Chrysosplenium aureobracteatum Y.I.Kim & Y.D.Kim 5
Chrysosplenium pilosum var. barbatum (Nakai) M.Kim Chrysosplenium barbatum Nakai6
Chrysosplenium pilosum var. pilosopetiolatum (Z.P.Jien) J.T.Pan Chrysosplenium pilosopetiolatum Z.P.Jien7
Chrysosplenium pilosum subsp. pilosum
Chrysosplenium pilosum subsp. schagae (Kharkev. & Vyschin) Vorosch. Chrysosplenium schagae Kharkev. & Vyschin 8
Chrysosplenium pilosum var. sphaerospermum (Maxim.) H.Hara Chrysosplenium sphaerospermum Maxim.9
Chrysosplenium pilosum var. valdepilosum Ohwi

In South Korea, where it is known as Chrysosplenium barbatum,4 Chrysosplenium pilosum var. barbatum is said by Plants of the World online to be found only on Jeju Island.10 However, the South Korean authority4 states that it is found throughout Korea (and this is shown also in GBIF).11

The variety aureobracteatum (yellowish-bract golden saxifrage)12 was first described in 2015 as the species Chrysosplenium aureabracteatum by Kim Yong-in and Kim Young-Dong,13 and was transferred to a variety of C. pilosum in 2017 by Kim Muyeol.514 This variety is found only in Korea.5

Distribution and habitat

It is found in far-east Russia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea, Japan and China,215 growing in shaded and moist areas of the forest understorey, and in rock crevices, at altitudes of 1500 to 3500 m.15

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References

References

  1. "Chrysosplenium pilosum Maxim". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  2. "Chrysosplenium pilosum Maxim. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  3. Maximovich, K. (1859). "Primitiae florae Amurensis". Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans. 9: 122.
  4. "국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 (NIBR: Chrysosplenium barbatum". species.nibr.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  5. "Chrysosplenium pilosum var. aureobracteatum (Y.I.Kim & Y.D.Kim) M.Kim | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  6. "Chrysosplenium pilosum var. barbatum (Nakai) M.Kim | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  7. "Chrysosplenium pilosum var. pilosopetiolatum (Z.P.Jien) J.T.Pan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  8. "Chrysosplenium pilosum subsp. schagae (Kharkev. & Vyschin) Vorosch. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  9. "Chrysosplenium pilosum var. sphaerospermum (Maxim.) H.Hara | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  10. "Chrysosplenium pilosum var. barbatum (Nakai) M.Kim | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  11. "Chrysosplenium barbatum Nakai". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  12. "Chrysosplenium aureobracteatum Y.I.Kim & Y.D.Kim". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  13. Yong In Kim; Young-Dong Kim (9 January 2015). "Chrysosplenium aureobracteatum(Saxifragaceae), a New Species from South Korea". Novon. 23 (4): 432–436. doi:10.3417/2013018. ISSN 1055-3177. Wikidata Q56196244.
  14. Kim, M. (2017) Korean Endemic Pl.: 183
  15. "详细内容 (Details: Chrysosplenium pilosum Maxim.)". db.kib.ac.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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