Pieris formosa

Pieris formosa 'Wakehurst'

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Vaccinioideae
Tribus: Lyonieae
Genus: Pieris
Subgenus: P. subg. Pieris
Species: Pieris formosa

Name

Pieris formosa (Wall.) D.Don, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 159 (1834).

Synonyms

• Andromeda formosa Wall.
• Comarostaphylis formosa (Wall.) Lem.
• Lyonia formosa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz.
• Pieris bodinieri Level.
• Pieris formosa var. forrestii (Harrow) Airy Shaw
• Pieris formosa f. longiracemosa Fang
• Pieris forrestii Harrow
• Pieris huiana Fang
• Pieris japonica subsp. formosa

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Asie China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Tibet, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Chumbi, India (Assam), Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Nepal, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Don, D., 1834. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. Edinburgh 17:159.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Pieris formosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 25. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pieris formosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pieris formosa. Published online. Accessed: May 25 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Pieris formosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 May 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pieris formosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

中文: 美丽马醉木, 胡黄连
中文（简体）: 美丽马醉木, 兴山马醉木, 长苞美丽马醉木

русский: Пиерис красивый
中文: 美丽马醉木

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