Aegonychon zollingeri

Buglossoides zollingeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum*: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum*: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio*: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso*: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Boraginoideae
Tribus: Lithospermeae
Genus: Aegonychon
Species: Aegonychon zollingeri

Name

Aegonychon zollingeri (A.DC.) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8(2): 165 (1973).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lithospermum zollingeri A.DC. in DC., Prodr. 10: 587 (1846).
    • Type: H. Zollinger 352 ([Japan, anno 1845]; Holotype: G-DC [​G00148823 (G-DC-167342/1)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isotypes: GH {00097489^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, 00299082^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} [fragm.]}, MEL 2493025A^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}).
• Homotypic
  • Buglossoides zollingeri (A.DC.) I.M.Johnst., J. Arnold Arbor. 35(1): 45 (1954).
  • Plagiobothrys zollingeri (A.DC.) I.M.Johnst., Contr. Gray Herb. 73: 68 (1924).
• Heterotypic
  • Lithospermum japonicum A.Gray, M.C.Perry, Narr. Exped. China Japan 2: 316 (1857).
  • Lithospermum confertiflorum Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 95 (1865).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China North-Central (Gansu, Shaanxi), China South-Central (Guizhou, Sichuan), China Southeast (Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang). Eastern Asia Japan (Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku), Korea, Taiwan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Holub, J. 1973. New names in Phanerogamae 2. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 8(2): 155–179. DOI: 10.1007/bf02854562 JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cecchi, L., Coppi, A., Hilger, H.H. & Selvi, F. 2014. Non-monophyly of Buglossoides (Boraginaceae: Lithospermeae): Phylogenetic and morphological evidence for the expansion of Glandora and reappraisal of Aegonychon. Taxon 63(5): 1065–1078. DOI: 10.12705/635.4 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.-S. 2014. Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF). 563 p. Seoul: T.B. Lee Herbarium. PDF Reference page. 
• De Candolle, A.L.P.P. (ed.) 1846. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 10, Sistens Borragineas proprie dictas et Scrophulariaceas cum indice Nominum et Synonymorum voluminum I–X. 679 pp. Sumptibus Victoris Masson, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Zhu, G.-l., Riedl, H. & Kamelin, R.V. 1995. Lithospermum zollingeri. Pp. 344 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 16: Gentianaceae through Boraginaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-33-9. efloras Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Aegonychon zollingeri. Accessed: 2025 October 24.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Aegonychon zollingeri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 October 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Aegonychon zollingeri. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Aegonychon zollingeri. Accessed: 28 October 2023. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Aegonychon zollingeri. Published online. Accessed: October 28 2023. Reference page.
• Yonekura, K. & Kajita, T. (2003 onwards) YList – index for Japanese-scientific plant names (「植物和名ー学名インデックス」). Published on Internet. Accessed: 2025 October 24

Vernacular names

• 日本語: ホタルカズラ
• 中文: 梓木草

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