Limonium tetragonum

Limonium tetragonum

Limonium tetragonum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Plumbaginaceae
Tribus: Limonieae
Genus: Limonium
Species: Limonium tetragonum

Name

Limonium tetragonum (Thunb.) Bullock, Kew Bull. 3: 368 (1948 publ. 1949)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Statice tetragona Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 54 (1794)
  • Taxanthema tetragonum (Thunb.) Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 332 (1826)
• Heterotypic
  • Limonium japonicum (Siebold & Zucc.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 395 (1891)
  • Statice japonica Siebold & Zucc. in Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 196 (1846)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-temperate Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Primorye Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Caledonia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Bullock, 1949. Kew Bulletin. 3(3): 368.

Additional references

• Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Limonium tetragonum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 September 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Limonium tetragonum. Published online. Accessed: September 08 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• 한국어: 갯질경

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