Asarum monodoriflorum

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Asarum monodoriflorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Genus: Asarum
Species:
A. monodoriflorum
Binomial name
Asarum monodoriflorum
Hatus. & Yamahata

Asarum monodoriflorum, also known by the common name Monodora-kan-aoi, is a low-growing, herbaceous perennial plant. It is critically endangered.[1]

Distribution[edit]

It is native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.[2][3]

Taxonomy[edit]

It was described by Sumihiko Hatusima, and Eiji Yamahata, and published in J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 37: 72 in 1989.[4][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ministry of the Environment, Japan (2016). "Asarum monodoriflorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T54142129A54142139. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T54142129A54142139.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Asarum monodoriflorum – RarePlants". www.rareplants.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  3. ^ "Asarum monodoriflorum - Useful Temperate Plants". temperate.theferns.info. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  4. ^ "Asarum monodoriflorum Hatus. & Yamahata — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  5. ^ "Asarum monodoriflorum Hatus. & Yamahata | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-06-17.