Helonias

Helonias bullata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Melanthiaceae
Tribus: Heloniadeae
Genus: Helonias
Species: H. alpina – H. breviscapa – H. bullata – H. jinpingensis – H. kawanoi – H. koreana – H. leucantha – H. orientalis – H. parviflora – H. thibetica – H. umbellata – H. yunnanensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Helonias in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 23. Reference page.

Name

Helonias L., Sp. Pl. 1: 342. (1753)

• Type species: Helonias bullata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 342. (1753

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Kozola Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 25 (1837)
  • Heloniopsis A.Gray in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 6: 416 (1859), nom. cons.
  • Hexonix Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 13 (1837)
  • Sugerokia Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 144 (1867)
  • Ypsilandra Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 10: 93 (1887 publ. 1888)

Homonyms

• Helonias Adans. (1763) = Scilla L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate Regional: China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya Continental: Northern Ameroca Regional: Eastern USA Delaware, Georgia, Japan, Korea, Maryland, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Jersey, North Carolina, Sakhalin, South Carolina, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, Virginia Extinct in: New York, Pennsylvania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 342. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hsu, T.W., Kono, Y., Chiang, T.Y. & Peng, C.I. 2011. Ypsilandra (Melianthiaceae; Liliaceae sensu lato), a new generic record for Taiwan. Botanical Studies (Taipei) 52: 99–104. Full article PDF.
• Tanaka, N. 1998. Phylogeny and classification of Helonias, Ypsilandra, Heloniopsis III. Taxonomic review. DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.73_2_9248 PDF Reference page. 
• Tanaka, N. 2019. Taxonomy, evolution and phylogeography of the genus Helonias (Melanthiaceae) revisited. Phytotaxa 390(1): 1-84. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.390.1.1. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Helonias in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. November 23. Helonias. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} November 23.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Helonias. 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 November 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Helonias. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 November 2023.

Vernacular names

suomi: Heloniat
русский: Гелониас

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