Disporum
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Disporum is a genus of about 20 species of perennial flowering plant
s, found in Asia
from northern India
to Japan
. In the APG III classification system
, it is placed in the family Colchicaceae
.. The genus previously included five species in North America, but these have been separated as the genus Prosartes
D.Don and moved to the family Liliaceae
in accordance to differencies in karyology and chemistry as well as results from molecular systematic investigations.
Excluded species in North America
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s, found in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
from northern India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. In the APG III classification system
APG III system
The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy...
, it is placed in the family Colchicaceae
Colchicaceae
Colchicaceae is a botanical name of a family of flowering plants.The APG III system, of 2009 , does recognize such a family and places it in the order Liliales, in the clade monocots, and regards the family as including some two hundred species of herbaceous perennials with rhizomes or corms.The...
.. The genus previously included five species in North America, but these have been separated as the genus Prosartes
Prosartes
Prosartes is a genus of flowering plants in the lily family. For several decades plants of this genus were included in genus Disporum. Studies of morphology and cytology, as well as genetic analysis, show these North American plants to be different from the Asian genus Disporum, and they were...
D.Don and moved to the family Liliaceae
Liliaceae
The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation , and flower arranged in threes. Several have bulbs, while others have rhizomes...
in accordance to differencies in karyology and chemistry as well as results from molecular systematic investigations.
Species
- Disporum acuminatissimum W.L.Sha
- Disporum acuminatum C.H.Wright
- Disporum bodinieri (H.Lév. & Vaniot) F.T.Wang & Tang
- Disporum calcaratum D.Don
- Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merr.
- Disporum hainanense Merr.
- Disporum jinfoshanense X.Z.Li, D.M.Zhang & D.Y.Hong
- Disporum kawakamii Hayata (syn. Disporum taiwanense S.S.Ying)
- Disporum leschenaultianum D.Don (possibly a synonym of Disporum cantoniense)
- Disporum leucanthum H.Hara
- Disporum longistylum (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Hara
- Disporum lutescens Koidz.
- Disporum megalanthum F.T.Wang & Tang
- Disporum nantouense S.S.Ying
- Disporum sessile (Thunb.) D.Don
- Disporum shimadae Hayata
- Disporum smilacinum A.Gray
- Disporum tonkinense Koyama
- Disporum trabeculatum Gagnep.
- Disporum uniflorum Baker ex S.Moore (syn. Disporum flavens Kitagawa - yellow fairybells)
- Disporum viridescensDisporum viridescensDisporum viridescens is a species of flowering plant in the genus Disporum. Like other species in the genus, it grows from a rhizome. The plant is 30 to 80 cm tall, with a stem that may branch. The leaves are more-or-less ovate in shape with a very short petiole...
(Maxim.) Nakai
Excluded species in North America
- Disporum hookeri (Torr.) G.Nicholson – now Prosartes hookeriProsartes hookeriProsartes hookeri, formerly Disporum hookeri, is a species of flowering plant in the Liliaceae known by the common names drops of gold and Hooker's fairy bells.-Occurrence:...
Torr. - Hooker's fairy bells - Disporum lanuginosum (Michx.) G.Nicholson – now Prosartes lanuginosaProsartes lanuginosaProsartes lanuginosa is a member of the lily family with the common name Yellow Mandarin or Fairybells....
(Michx.) D.Don - yellow mandarin - Disporum maculatum (Buckley) Britton – now Prosartes maculata (Buckley) A.Gray - spotted or nodding mandarin
- Disporum smithii (Hook.) Piper – now Prosartes smithiiProsartes smithiiProsartes smithii, formerly Disporum smithii, is a species of flowering plant known by the common name largeflower fairybells. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in shady forest and woodland, including redwood forests. It is an erect,...
(Hook.) Utech, Shinwari & Kawano - Smith's fairy bells - Disporum trachycarpum (S.Watson) Benth. & Hook.f. – now Prosartes trachycarpa S.Watson - rough-fruited fairy bells