Lysichiton camtschatcensis

Lysichiton camtschatcensis, Nekrasovka, Sakhalin, Russia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Orontioideae
Genus: Lysichiton
Species: Lysichiton camtschatcensis

Name

Lysichiton camtschatcensis (L.) Schott, 1857

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Dracontium camtschatcense L., Sp. Pl. 2: 968 (1753).
    • Typus: deposited in LINN.
    • Type locality: 'Sibiria.'
• Homotypic
  • Pothos camtschaticus Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 767 (1826), nom. superfl.
  • Arctiodracon camtschatcensis (L.) A.Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 6: 409 (1859).
• Heterotypic
  • Dracontium camtschaticum Spreng., Syst. Veg. 5: 248 (1828), orth. var.
  • Symplocarpus kamtschaticus Bong., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 168 (1832).
  • Lysichiton camtschaticus Schott, Gen. Aroid.: t. 91 (1858), orth. var.
  • Arctiodracon japonicum A.Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 6: 409 (1859).
    • Type locality: [Japan. Hokkaido:] Hakodadi [= Hakodate].
  • Lysichiton japonicus (A.Gray) Schott ex Miq., Cat. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.: 96 (1870).
  • Lysichiton album Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 7: 15 (1931).
  • Lysichiton camtchatcensis var. japonicus (A.Gray) Makino, Ill. Fl. Nippon: 778 (1940), as 'Lysichiton camtschatense Schott var. japonicum Makino.'

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Russian Far East Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Sakhalin. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan (Hokkaido). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schott, H.W., 1857. Oesterreichisches Botanisches Wochenblatt. Gemeinnütziges Organ für Botanik. Vienna 7:62. 1857 "camtschatcense"

Additional references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, A. 1858. Diagnostic Characters of New Species of Phænogamous Plants, collected in Japan by Charles Wright, Botanist of U. S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition. (Published by Request of Captain John Rodgers, Commander of the Expedition.) With Observations upon the Relations of the Japanese Flora to that of North America, and of other Parts of the Northern Temperate Zone. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 6(2): 377–452. BHL Reference page. 
• Makino, T. 1940. 牧野日本植物圖鑑 [An Illustrated Flora of Nippon, with the Cultivated and Naturalized Plants]. pp. i–xx, 1–1070, pls. I–IX, i–cxliii. Tokyo: Hokuryūkan. (Japanese) Makino Botanical Garden. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Lysichiton camtschatcensis. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 14 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Lysichiton camtschatcensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Nov. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lysichiton camtschatcensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Lysichiton camtschatcensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 19. Reference page. 
• Yonekura, K. & Kajita, T. (2003 onwards) YList – index for Japanese-scientific plant names (「植物和名ー学名インデックス」). Published on Internet. Accessed: 2023 April 19

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Weiße Scheinkalla
English: Asian Skunk-cabbage
日本語: ミズバショウ
русский: Лизихитон камчатский

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