Rohdea (Ruscaceae)

Rohdea japonica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Nolinoideae
Tribus: Convallarieae
Genus: Rohdea
Species: R. chlorantha – R. delavayi – R. dracaenoides – R. emeiensis – R. ensifolia – R. eucomoides – R. extrorsandra – R. fargesii – R. japonica – R. jinshanensis – R. lichuanensis – R. longipedunculata – R. nepalensis – R. pachynema – R. siamensis – R. tonkinensis – R. urotepala – R. verruculosa – R. wattii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Rohdea (Ruscaceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 25. Reference page.

Name

Rohdea Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 196 (1821).

Type species: Rohdea japonica (Thunberg) Roth

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Titragyne Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 9 (1866), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Campylandra Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 582. 1875.
  • Gonioscypha Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 581. 1875.
  • Titragyne Salisb., Gen. 9. 1866.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Eastern Asia Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal. Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roth, A.W. & Heyne, B. 1821. Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae orientalis: Ex collectione doct. Benj. Heynii. iv + 412 pp, Halberstadii, Sumptibus H. Vogleri. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tanaka, N. 2003. New Combinations in Rohdea (Convallariaceae). Novon 13(3):329–333.
• Yamashita, J. & Tamura, M.N. 2004. Phylogenetic analyses and chromosome evolution in Convallarieae (Ruscaceae sensu lato), with some taxonomic treatments. Journal of Plant Research 117 (5):363-370.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Rohdea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jul. 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Rohdea. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jul. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Rohdea. Published online. Accessed: 23. Jul. 2024.

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