Houttuynia cordata

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Piperales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Piperales

Familia: Saururaceae
Genus: Houttuynia
Species: Houttuynia cordata

Name

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Houttuynia cordata Thunb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 4: 149 (152, t. 5). (1783) (as 'Houtuynia')

  • Type: Japan. C.P. Thunberg s.n. Type: UPS.

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Polypara cordata (Thunb.) H.Buek, Gen. Sp. Candoll. 4: 310. (1874)
    • Polypara cordata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 565. (1891)
  • Heterotypic
    • Houttuynia cordata f. polypetaloidea T.Yamaz., J. Jap. Bot. 61: 310 (1986)
    • Houttuynia cordata var. variegata Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 6: 38. (1929)
    • Houttuynia cordata f. viridis J.Ohara, J. Phytogeogr. Taxon., 33(2): 72. (1985)
    • Houttuynia emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu & S.L.Zhang, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 21(1): 1. (2001)
    • Houttuynia foetida hort. ex Loud., Hort. Brit. 37. (1830)
    • Polypara cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 61. (1790)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Asia-Temperate
    • China
      • China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Tibet
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Korea, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Chameleon Flower
suomi: Viherkameleonttilehti, kameleonttilehti
日本語: ドクダミ
한국어: 약모밀
中文: 魚腥草
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