Pieris japonica

Pieris japonica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Unassigned Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Vaccinioideae
Tribus: Lyonieae
Genus: Pieris
Subgenus: P. subg. Pieris
Species: Pieris japonica

Name

Pieris japonica (Thunb.) D.Don ex G.Don (1834)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Andromeda japonica Thunb., Syst. Veg., ed. 14 (J. A. Murray). 407. 1784.

• Heterotypic
  • Andromeda japonica elegantissima Carriere, Rev. Hort. 59: 83. 1887, sine dign. defin.
  • Lyonia polita (W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey) Chun, Sunyat 1enia, iv. 253. 1940.
  • Lyonia popowii (Palib.) Chun, Sunyat 1enia, 4: 253. 1940.
  • Pieris japonica f. crispa Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 27: 17. 1946.
  • Pieris japonica f. elegantissima (Carrière) Nakai, Tr. & Shr. Jap. rev. ed., 1: 202. 1927.
  • Pieris japonica f. monostachya (Nakai) H.Hara, Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 1: 26. 1949.
  • Pieris japonica f. rosea Makino, in ?
  • Pieris japonica var. monostachya Nakai, Tr. & Shr. Jap. 1: 152. 1922.
  • Pieris japonica var. yakushimensis T.Yamaz.
  • Pieris polita W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 117. 1916.
  • Pieris popowii Palib., Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. II. vi. 20. 1906.
  • Pieris ryukuensis Hort. nom. inval.
  • Pieris ryukyuensis Hort. nom. inval.
  • Pieris yakushimensis Hort. nom. inval.

References

• Don, G. 1834. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 159.
• Huxley, A. (ed.) 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict. Gard.).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993. Flora of Japan. (F Japan).

Vernacular names

English: Japanese Andromeda
日本語: アセビ

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