Chrysanthemum kinokuniense

Chrysanthemum kinokuniense (キイシオギク, Kii shiogiku) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is endemic to the Kii Peninsula of Honshū, Japan.[1]: 189 [3]

Chrysanthemum kinokuniense
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chrysanthemum
Species:
C. kinokuniense
Binomial name
Chrysanthemum kinokuniense
Synonyms

Chrysanthemum shiwogiku var. kinokuniense (basionym)[2]

Taxonomy

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First described in 1935 by Japanese botanists Naomasa Shimotomai and Siro Kitamura (北村四郎), as Chrysanthemum shiwogiku var. kinokuniense,[2]: 73  it was elevated to independent species status within the section Ajania in 2004 by Hiroyoshi Ohashi and Koji Yonekura (米倉浩司).[1] The specific epithet relates to the type locality in former Kii Province.[2]: 73 

Distribution

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Chrysanthemum kinokuniense occurs in coastal areas of the Kii Peninsula, in what is now Wakayama Prefecture and Mie Prefecture.[1]: 189 [3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Ohashi, H.; Yonekura, K. (2004). "New Combinations in Chrysanthemum (Compositae-Anthemideae) of Asia with a List of Japanese Species" (PDF). Journal of Japanese Botany. 76 (3): 186–195. ISSN 0022-2062.
  2. ^ a b c Kitamura, S. (May 1935). "Compositae Novae Japonicae IX". Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica (in Latin). 4 (2): 71–80. doi:10.18942/bunruichiri.KJ00002594230. ISSN 0001-6799.
  3. ^ a b Katō, M. [in Japanese]; Ebihara, A. [in Japanese] (March 2011). 日本の固有植物 [Endemic Plants of Japan] (in Japanese). Tokai University Press. pp. 142, 257, 372. ISBN 978-4-486-01897-1.