Pourthiaea is a genus of plants in the rose family (Rosaceae).[1]

Pourthiaea
Pourthiaea villosa, Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden, Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Pourthiaea
Decne.

Its native range is East Asia and Indo-China. It is found in the regions of Assam, Bangladesh, (north-central, south-central and southeastern) China, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam.[1]

It was later introduced into the American states of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington.[1]

The genus name of Pourthiaea is in honour of J. A. Pourthié (1830–1866), a French clergyman and also missionary in Korea.[2] It was first described and published in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.10 on page 146 in 1874.[1]

Known species

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According to Kew;[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Pourthiaea Decne. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.