Amsonia elliptica

Amsonia elliptica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Amsonieae
Genus: Amsonia
Species: Amsonia elliptica

Name

Amsonia elliptica (Thunb. ex Murray) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 4: 432. 1819.

Synonyms

Basionym

• Tabernaemontana elliptica Thunberg ex Murray, Syst. Veg. ed. 14, 255. 1784.

Homotypic

• Amsonia elliptica (Thunb.) Raf., New Fl. N. Amer. 4: 58. 1838, comb. superfl.

Heterotypic

• Amsonia sinensis Tsiang & P.T.Li., Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11 (4): 368. 1973.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), North Korea, South Korea, China (Anhui, Jiangsu) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A., 1819. Syst. Veg. 4: 432.
• 絶滅危惧種情報 チョウジソウ（環境省生物多様性センター） (Japanese)

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Amsonia elliptica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Amsonia elliptica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Amsonia elliptica. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 23 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Amsonia elliptica in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 23.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Amsonia elliptica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Oct. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Japanese Bluestar
日本語: チョウジソウ (丁字草, Chouji-so)
svenska: Japansk amsonia

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