Biology:Pourthiaea
| Pourthiaea | |
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| Pourthiaea villosa, Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden, Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Clade: | Fabids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Pourthiaea Decne. |
Pourthiaea is a genus of plants in the rose family (Rosaceae).[1]
Its native range is East Asia and Indo-China. It is found in the regions of Assam, Bangladesh, (north-central, south-central and southeastern) China, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam.[1]
It was later introduced into the American states of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington.[1]
The genus name of Pourthiaea is in honour of J. A. Pourthié (1830–1866), a French clergyman and also missionary in Korea.[2] It was first described and published in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.10 on page 146 in 1874.[1]
Known species
According to Kew;[1]
- Pourthiaea villosa Pourthiaea pilosicalyx
- Pourthiaea amphidoxa (C.K.Schneid.) Stapf
- (Wall. ex Lindl.) Decne. (T.T.Yu) Iketani & H.Ohashi
- Pourthiaea salicifolia Pourthiaea blinii
- Decne. (Thunb.) Decne.
- Pourthiaea arguta (H.Lév.) Iketani & H.Ohashi
- (T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku) Long Y.Wang, W.Guo & W.B.Liao Pourthiaea tomentosa
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Pourthiaea Decne. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:33978-1.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q87164489 entry
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