Rohdea is a genus of plants native to eastern Asia (China, Japan, the Himalayas and Indochina).[2] It was long thought to contain only a single species, R. japonica,[3] but recent studies have resulted in several other taxa being transferred into the genus.[4][5]
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| Rohdea japonica 1806 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Rohdea Roth |
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In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae[6]). It has also been placed in the former family Convallariaceae.
Although sometimes misspelled as Rhodea, the genus was actually named after Michael Rohde (1782-1812), a botanist from Bremen.[7]
Species
edit- Rohdea chinensis (Baker) N.Tanaka - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan
- Rohdea chlorantha (Baill.) N.Tanaka - Sichuan
- Rohdea delavayi (Franch.) N.Tanaka - Tibet, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan
- Rohdea emeiensis (Z.Y.Zhu) N.Tanaka - Sichuan
- Rohdea ensifolia (F.T.Wang & Tang) N.Tanaka - Yunnan
- Rohdea eucomoides (Baker) N.Tanaka - Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar
- Rohdea japonica (Thunb.) Roth - Japan, Korea, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang
- Rohdea jinshanensis (Z.L.Yang & X.G.Luo) N.Tanaka - Sichuan
- Rohdea lichuanensis (Y.K.Yang, J.K.Wu & D.T.Peng) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Hubei
- Rohdea longipedunculata (F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang) N.Tanaka - Yunnan
- Rohdea nepalensis (Raf.) N.Tanaka - Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Sichuan, Yunnan
- Rohdea pachynema (F.T.Wang & Tang) N.Tanaka - Sichuan, Yunnan
- Rohdea siamensis (Yamashita & M.N.Tamura) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Laos, Thailand
- Rohdea tonkinensis (Baill.) N.Tanaka - Vietnam, Yunnan, Guangdong
- Rohdea urotepala Hand.-Mazz. - Sichuan, Yunnan
- Rohdea verruculosa (Q.H.Chen) N.Tanaka - Yunnan, Guizhou
- Rohdea wattii (C.B.Clarke) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Vietnam, Assam, Bhutan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
References
edit- ^ Curtis's botanical magazine vol. 23 tabl. 898, (http://www.botanicus.org/page/482623), John Sims (1749-1831)
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 239, 万年青属 wan nian qing shu, Rohdea Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 196. 1821.
- ^ Tanaka, N. (2010). A taxonomic revision of the genus Rohdea (Asparagaceae). Makinoa , n.s., 9: 1-54.
- ^ Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
- ^ Umberto Quattrocchi CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology; Volume IV R-Z (2000), p. 2329, at Google Books
- ^ Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 235, 开口箭属 kai kou jian shu, Campylandra Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 582. 1875.